Voting is done the same as now. The difference is that not only
does the person who comes in first forms part of the government
(the upper house) the persons who come in second and third form the
lower house (replace the Senate federally). The upper house
functions the same as it does now the only difference are the bills
have to go through the lower house for approval or changes. These
bills then go back to the upper house and the upper house can
accept or reject the changes and pass the bill the way they want.
The bill, under this system gets a chance to be debated properly.
The only time the lower house has power is when it comes to changes
to our constitution, big ticket items, or the sale of assets. Then
everyone has an equal vote. Things they would all have voted for
would have been Native land claims, the sell-off of BC rail, the
building of fast ferries, or the Olympics.
How would this be funded:
A fixed amount of money would be allowed for each riding
($250,000)
The number of riding MPs would be reduced to 65.
The percentage of votes the person gets in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
would be the percentage the party gets of the $250,000. If the
person got 45% then the party or person would gets $112,500 and if
the third person got 15% the party or person would get $37,500.
Most likely the top two parties would have 65 people in the
upper and lower house. That means they could pay their MLAs and
executive assistants. They could also use the members in the lower
house as assistants if needed. The total cost would be just over 16
million a year. All expenses would come from this including
pension. The NDP would have had 65 people, two in the upper house
and 63 in the lower to work together to expose this government if
the system was in place now. The other parties that came in third
would also have say and have time to prove themselves for the next
election.
Half way through the term there should
be a vote on the division of money between the three
people in each riding. The percentage each person gets is then
redistributed to the parties. This way you don't need recall; just
recall the wages if you don't like what your MLA is doing. And give
that money to the person that is doing what you like.
This gives the new parties a chance to prove themselves as well
as the capital to do it. Up to 95% of the people are
then represented in this form of government.
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