tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post2482591509710797687..comments2023-10-14T05:50:19.314-04:00Comments on Making Sense with Nicholls: Why I'm Not Excited about the Reform ActGerry Nichollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496716615185797501noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-64863297900261603332013-12-10T15:50:10.338-05:002013-12-10T15:50:10.338-05:00Gerry you miss the point about nominations. As lon...Gerry you miss the point about nominations. As long as leaders control candidate nominations we will not have ensure legislative control over the executive. So what, you ask? I'll tell you what. A dictatorship is executive control over the legislative branch. Parliament was created to ensure legislative control over the executive. When party leaders control candidate nominations we get too much--not complete but too much-executive control over the legislative branch. Chong's bill addresses that.Phil Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-50535871654834582812013-12-10T15:48:59.965-05:002013-12-10T15:48:59.965-05:00Gerry you miss the point about nominations. As lon...Gerry you miss the point about nominations. As long as leaders control candidate nominations we will not have ensure legislative control over the executive. So what, you ask? I'll tell you what. A dictatorship is executive control over the legislative branch. Parliament was created to ensure legislative control over the executive. When party leaders control candidate nominations we get too much--not complete but too much-executive control over the legislative branch. Chong's bill addresses that. Phil Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-64235692640880455942013-12-09T05:07:21.797-05:002013-12-09T05:07:21.797-05:00Could you boil your rant down to a few salient poi...Could you boil your rant down to a few salient points?<br /><br />It's hard to read the true message through all that muck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-59024515036162081792013-12-08T12:39:20.718-05:002013-12-08T12:39:20.718-05:00Nice straw man arguments there, but you are so out...Nice straw man arguments there, but you are so out to lunch on pretty much all your arguments. How does allowing MP's to vote their mind and not feel threatened by their omnipotent leader help democracy? Do I really need to answer that for someone who is pretty much directly involved in politics? Well let me tell you anyways; By allowing our democratically elected MP's to be able to listen to their CONSTITUENTS as opposed to the party LEADER, it does this craaaazy thing like allowing MP's to SPEAK for their CONSTITUENTS! Isnt that a nutty idea? Almost sounds like it might be slightly more....oh I dont know, democratic maybe?<br />Get off the high horse and speak some reality. Your shill is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com