Originally Posted by coldwar

Like most western democratic nations, with the exception of the USA, we have a multi- party system, simply meaning there are more than two official political parties operating at both the Federal and Provincial levels. We have the "big 3", Liberal, Conservative and New Democrats, representing center, right of center and left of center respectively (although in Canada, "center" is in reality oriented to the left). In addition, we have one other "big" party- the BQ, which ONLY represents one very large region- Quebec. They have no interest whatsoever for the rest of the country, yet they manage to get elected by Quebecers at the Federal level. And as Quebec is one of the country's most populated regions, the BQ gets a sizable number of seats in Parliament. The New Democrats always weigh in at a distant 3rd, but still occupy a sizable portion of Parliament.



Is there ANY OTHER nation among western democracies that has a political situation like this, where one region is even allowed to elect one party to the Federal level that is not one bit interested in the nation as a whole, but only the sovereignty of their own region, thus effectively hi-jacking the entire Federal political process?

Dave