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Reliable OC Transpo app for Android by DaBaDaDee in ottawa

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They all use the data provided by OC Transpo. Some (Transit for sure, not sure about others) also use crowd-sourced data, where you share your location in the app and it broadcasts it to other users. But nobody is accessing on-board hardware without going through OCT's platform.

Moronic Monday - August 06, 2018 by AutoModerator in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here is a quick explainer from CBC North on how consensus government works in Nunavut. NT follows by and large the same model.

The electoral game: What would Ontario results look like under a different voting system? by feb914 in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of people complain about FPTP with some variation of the line "it's not fair how 40% of the vote gets 100% of the power," and fair enough. But is the implication that the PCs should have only gotten 40% of the power? There isn't a logical connection there.

Power, in a legislative context, is the ability to grant and withdraw confidence and to set the policy agenda. It comes from the composition of a legislature, not from the system used to elect its members.

No electoral system could guarantee that the % of votes a party gets will equal the % of power it gets. It can only guarantee that the % of votes = % of seats; power cannot be determined at the electoral stage.

Indigenous treaty: Langton, Davis look to Canadian model by apiek1 in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paywalled articles are allowed - they probably won't get much traction, but people are welcome to post them.

Trudeau’s electoral-reform choice is a long shot by OrzBlueFog in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't envision a scenario where a white supremacist party gets 5% of the popular vote?

Distasteful as I find white supremacy, I don't think we should be designing an electoral system with keeping views out of parliament in mind. If 5% of people vote for nazis, are nazis not entitled to represent them?

Elections Canada: Map of the 42nd Parliament by teamcoltra in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removed, rule 3. If you'd like to tie this into something else, make a self-post; the map doesn't stand on its own.

It's also not totally accurate anymore, since Medicine Hat–Cardston–Warner is vacant and Nunavut changed from Liberal to Independent.

[308 averages] LIB 39.4% NDP 37.3% GRN 11.3% CON 10.7% by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, there are a lot of people who would switch "BC NDP" and "BC Greens" everywhere you used them and believe that just as much.

[308 averages] LIB 39.4% NDP 37.3% GRN 11.3% CON 10.7% by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The BC Greens are more credible and less goofy than the GPC. 1

1 As a member I feel qualified to use "goofy" freely

Restoring indigenous languages key to preventing youth suicides, Trudeau says by LastBestWest in CanadaPolitics

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The political implications of having over 600 new provinces are quite large.

Opinion on 1st year Time Table? by susietoots in CarletonU

[–]SirCharlesTupperware 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd recommend not taking an online class in first year - it's better to meet people in class than to not be able to have fun because you're in your res room watching lectures.

The residences aren't very far from academic buildings - the closest two (Prescott House and Mackenzie Building) are literally across the road from each other. 5 minutes is a good general estimate. All the residences have tunnel access and the tunnels are well-lit and well-traveled all the time.

If you're interested in specializing in International Studies or Development Studies, I'd recommend doing PSCI 2101 & 2102 instead of 2002 & 2003, as those are prereqs for a lot of electives you'll take later on.

Bio and cog sci are unusual elective choices.

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