Joe Rogan and Pierre Poilievre interview

[GR66]

You might be on to something.

We could also have MP's run as citizens not associated to any party. They tell us their views and beliefs and we pick them based on that. Then once elected they pick the party they feel most aligns with their views.

Like a Harry Potter sorting hat of sorts.

I don't get the obsession with pushing parties to the top of the political pyramid.

Ideally political parties should just be a loose affiliation of individual members that work together toward similar political objectives, not an organization that constrains its members to voting as a single block on a whole range of issues.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

You might be on to something.

We could also have MP's run as citizens not associated to any party. They tell us their views and beliefs and we pick them based on that. Then once elected they pick the party they feel most aligns with their views.

Like a Harry Potter sorting hat of sorts.

We could, but it would very difficult to prevent some sort of “nudge nudge wink wink” party but not a party from forming. Humans are humans.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

When a candidates name is on the sign with PARTY affiliation plus they are on the web site and recognized as a candidate, come on, FALSE ADVERTISING.

Your arguing semantics and going long ways to try and shape your argument.

But it is not false advertising. That concept does not exist in politics. I am not being glib or trolling you.

At the moment of the election the candidate is running under the banner of X party, which gives a voter (I suppose) a broad idea of what the candidates stand for. 10 mins after the election? All bets are off. Honestly.

There is both good and bad in that system. I lean towards de-emphasizing party control and party affiliation and focussing on a candidates ideas and character. I view the ability for an MP to cross the floor in either direction as an asset which allows Parliamentarians to react in an agile manner to changing circumstances. But, that I freely admit that is my bias and others may not share it.