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Saturday, 22 May 2010
The coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Demcrats in the UK contains this undertaking:
Ignatieff, if he gives more than a passing glance to Andrew Coyne's suggesting that he differentiate the Liberal Party from Harper's Tories by having a strong plank of political and electoral reform in the LPC's policies, should take a gander at the Wright Committee Report.
The report starts with this wonderful quote of the mood of the British electorate:
We will bring forward the proposals of the Wright Committee for reform to the House of Commons in full – starting with the proposed committee for management of backbench business. A House Business Committee, to consider government business, will be established by the third year of the Parliament.
For those interested in parliamentary reform in Canada, there is a lot of meat in the Wright Committee proposals for reforming the UK parliament.
Ignatieff, if he gives more than a passing glance to Andrew Coyne's suggesting that he differentiate the Liberal Party from Harper's Tories by having a strong plank of political and electoral reform in the LPC's policies, should take a gander at the Wright Committee Report.
The report starts with this wonderful quote of the mood of the British electorate:
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MOREThe public are sullen, some even mutinous.(Sir Robert Worcester, June 2009)
Labels: Andrew Coyne, Bloc, coalition, democratic deficit, Liberal Party, NDP, Parliament, political reform, UK politics
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