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The other thing is that we're a country absolutely scared shitless of constitutional debate thanks to the seperatists, so the idea of changing...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 11 '08, 15:49

...Is just not practical. The way we're going, I wonder if we'll ever admend the constitution in my lifetime.

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That's definitely a factor. There's also a bit of laziness involved, I think. - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:56 8
- i don't know why fixed terms would mean no more non-confidence votes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:58 6
  - Isn't that how the US does it? Four-year election cycles with no chance of disolving congress for another go? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:59 5
    - well congress is only for two years and isn't tied to the president at all. however - Reagen Dec 11, 16:02 4
      - I thought that the US congress was four years, but 50% of it was offset by two years from the other half? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 16:03 3
        
        you're thinking of the senate, which has a third of its member up for election at a time, but has six year terms. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 16:04 2
        
        Oh, i see. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 16:04 1
        
        It's actually the House and the Senate. Congress is both. - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 16:45
- perhaps instead of laziness, I mean "begrudging contentment" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:58
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- it's the blowback from Meech Lake and Charlottetown. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:56
- it's the blowback from Meech Lake and Charlottetown. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:56
- The Queen's still the head of state. The Senate is still unelected -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:56 16
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    - Ah, I was thinking of the Canada Act. We had a similar act in Australia, which also ended legislative and judicial ties to the UK, but didn't... - Roger More Dec 11, 16:05
    - oh, I see the problem - Quebec never signed the 1982 constitution - Reagen Dec 11, 16:01 13
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        here. -- (link) - mafic Dec 11, 16:07 1
        
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        what isn't clear? -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 16:05 9
        
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        I assume he meant going forward in his life. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 16:09 7
        
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        He was 3, I was 5, when that happened. It's kind of fuzzy. :) - Reagen Dec 11, 16:13 5
        
        Yeah. I definitely meant going forward. There's too much "It's opening up? Well let me add X, Y and Z to it..." involved. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 16:15
        
        I was about 6 or 7 months old. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 16:15
        
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        glasnost was a lot more interesting than the 1982 constitutional changes -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 16:21
        
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yes, that's the elephant in the living room. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:51 2
- A report I read today says the elephants in living rooms live shorter lives than those in zoos. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:55 1
  - Much harder to find food after they eat the sofa. -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 16:47

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