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Opposition argument against the government having power to override constituency nominations to allow more visible minorities and women in parliament
George Basha
January 30, 2014
45-320 (01) Political parties and elections
Semester: Winter 2014
Professor. L. Miljan
Political parties should nominate more women and visible minorities, even if it requires party over ride constituency nominations I want this to sink in your minds for a moment. The government is suggesting we should overthrow nominees to introduce more minorities and women. What happened to the democratic process? What happened to a party having free will to elect candidates they find suitable to represent their interest? What this fascist government is proposing is authoritarian policies and the destruction of our nation’s democratic foundations. The government feels it’s justified to overthrow the democratic vote of the people, to supplement it with a candidate they deem more diverse. They rationalize this by saying we need more diversity in political parties and that women and minorities don’t get a equal chance to be nominated. There logic is . lets fight racism and sexism by implementing racism and sexism. So if you’re a white male that is more qualified for a position, sorry but where goanna revoke your votes and pick a minority or women over you even though they may not have the same credentials .
Would you like to know where this is practiced, Iran, and we all know how democratic Iran is. Let me make this clear . the governments idea is not as extreme as what happens in Iran but its very similar. In Iran There are direct elections for their parliament. The constitution gives the guardian council the power to oversee all elections. This means they have the power to remove anyone that is elected, and replace them with someone who fits their ideology better. You may say that the Iran example is not the same, but the basic idea that someone who was elected
George Basha
January 30, 2014
45-320 (01) Political parties and elections
Semester: Winter 2014
Professor. L. Miljan
Political parties should nominate more women and visible minorities, even if it requires party over ride constituency nominations I want this to sink in your minds for a moment. The government is suggesting we should overthrow nominees to introduce more minorities and women. What happened to the democratic process? What happened to a party having free will to elect candidates they find suitable to represent their interest? What this fascist government is proposing is authoritarian policies and the destruction of our nation’s democratic foundations. The government feels it’s justified to overthrow the democratic vote of the people, to supplement it with a candidate they deem more diverse. They rationalize this by saying we need more diversity in political parties and that women and minorities don’t get a equal chance to be nominated. There logic is . lets fight racism and sexism by implementing racism and sexism. So if you’re a white male that is more qualified for a position, sorry but where goanna revoke your votes and pick a minority or women over you even though they may not have the same credentials .
Would you like to know where this is practiced, Iran, and we all know how democratic Iran is. Let me make this clear . the governments idea is not as extreme as what happens in Iran but its very similar. In Iran There are direct elections for their parliament. The constitution gives the guardian council the power to oversee all elections. This means they have the power to remove anyone that is elected, and replace them with someone who fits their ideology better. You may say that the Iran example is not the same, but the basic idea that someone who was elected
Cited: "The Canadian Parliament." Guide to the Canadian House of Commons. Canadian Goverment, 01 Jan. 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. DE SOUZA, MIKE. "Visible Minorities in Canada: A Breakdown." Www.canada.com. Postmedia News, 8 May 2013. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. Stats on the number of visible minorities where taken from this website O 'Neil, Patrick H., Karl J. Fields, and Donald Share. "Chapter 10." Cases in Comparative Politics. New York: W. W. Norton &, 2012. N. pag. Print. Was used to reference what happens in Iran if candidates are elected but don’t meet certain criteria "Women & Canadian Elections." Women & Canadian Elections. Simon Fraser University, 2011. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. Website had stats on the number of women that where elected in the 2011 federal elections