Referendum

2. Cold War II: IS IT POSSIBLE? The confrontation between the European Union and the United States with Russia over current events in Ukraine, cooperation against international terrorism, agreement to Syria’s chemical weapons, cooperation in the Middle East and Afghanistan and Russia’s closer partnership with China have begun to produce gossips of renewal of the Cold War with exchanges of sharp accusations, the statement of economic sanctions, and-most dangerous-military race that would put both…

What would you do if your city council voted to oppose the amendment? Voted to support the amendment? Since the amendment is a local referendum and my city council voted to oppose the amendment, then I can be politically involved. As the city manager, I have to make sure that I am not advocating to the public to choose one side of the amendment whether my city council voted to oppose the…

Canada. The PQ was re-elected several times after the next 20 years and after each election the current party leader tried to address the idea of separatism they found that there was not enough support for the movement. There was a second Quebec referendum in…

were devolved; new powers to make legislature on matters relating to air weapons were delegated and Scottish Ministers were granted powers on misuse of drugs, speed limits and the administration of elections to the Scottish Parliament. After the referendum of Scottish Independence in…

people her in scotland, which is £1,460 more than the UK average of £9,076. If Scotland were to become independent there is a big chance this could drop dramatically. I think this plays a big factor in why you should vote no in the next independence referendum. On the other hand if Scotland were to become independent north sea oil revenues would be put to good use. Up until now, tax revenue from North Sea oil has gone to the UK Treasury and been used for general expenditure. The SNP says it…

individualism, and the people to make their own decisions on the majority of things. this could be done by forms of direct democracy such as referendums or ballot measures, instead of allowing elected representatives to vote on the issue. for example proposition 8 in California to ban gay marriage in 2008 (voted yes) was decided by the people. similarly the 2014 Scottish referendum. whereas modern and neo liberals would argue that the people should not have full control over issues. instead the…

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…

20th century Canada has been heavily influenced by French-English relations and its negative impact on Canadian identity. The Conscription Crisis of WWI, the October Crisis, and the Meech Lake Accord, have been the most influential events in 20th century Canada. Canadian identity, when defined by its progression of French-English Relations, changed negatively during the 1920s to the 1930s under the Conscription Crisis of WWI. For instance, when Prime Minister Borden introduced conscription in…

The referendum proposed having those dollars go to law enforcement and safety instead of spending $1 billion dollars on the death penalty in five years (Statistics Canada, 2015). Above is a prime example of how the political system affects justice agencies around…

The First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system (plurality system) is the system that is adopted within the Canadian electoral system to choose their representatives in the federal and provincial elections. There are many voices in Canada and other places where the FPTP is used to change it with the Proportional Representation Systems, which the newly elected liberal government intends to change (Simonsen, 2005). The current federal government is not the only one that criticised the FPTP system but also…