Thursday 7 August 2014

Prince Edward Island Politics

To view Dr. Don Desserud's lecture, visit: http://youtu.be/6zTh8uDRZXI.

5 comments:

  1. The PEI NDP has been doing well in recent opinion polls; receiving more support than the PC party. Do you think that this support will last into the next election, is this the beginning of a 3 party political system in the province?

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  2. You mentioned that you don't expect the NDP to gain any seats, is that because of the the traditional 2 party political culture, such as the garden myth you talked about?

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  3. Given the relative insignificance of ideology, religion, or other class based attachments to political parties, why has it been so difficult to push electoral reform further in PEI? The "blatant gerrymandering" of the Binns government's district redrawing did not end up helping the party's electoral fortunes. Consequently, there seems to be less of an ability of governments to count on certain ridings for consistent support. I am not really sure why it has been so hard to make progress on electoral reform, since the present SMP system doesn't seem to provide a predictable advantage to the governing party. Is there a clear reason for this?

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  4. Would there be an appetite for co-operation and cost sharing with NS/NB (for example: group purchasing of hospital equipment) without a maritime union, or do you think that the desire for PEI autonomy is too strong? With a debt load of 40% of GDP and rising, do you think this mindset might change?

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  5. I'm curious to hear your perspective on some social conservative ... perspectives that seem apparent in PEI. Looks like there is a 'women's maternal health' conference taking place in PEI today talking about abortion. Why is there such resistance in providing a service that the government is still paying for anyway?

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