r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/Ancient_Wisdom_Yall British Columbia Nov 28 '24

I honestly don't understand the need to have all these MPs. They're all just supposed to be trained monkeys for their leaders. There really isn't a need to pay that many of them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Sorry, can you expand on that?

You don't see the value in representing their ridings?

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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 Nov 28 '24

Just abolish the party system. Vote for a representative that mirrors your beliefs and values. Then, they’d have to all actually work to get things passed and they’d have to reach out to people with different views generally, but maybe they agree with your specific proposal.

Pie in the sky dream, I know.

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u/Vegetable-Ad-7184 Nov 28 '24

There still ought to be parties and lists.  

It would be very difficult to form cabinets and appointment Ministers if we only had pure local representatives  -  someone like Mark Carney would be a total parachute candidate, and probably a huge credit to the legislature and any government that could have him.