I
believe that councils, where members of EACH political party WORK
TOGETHER on crafting legislation with input from all parties, would work
more smoothly than the current process, where one party drafts some
proposals for law, and then it is debated ad nauseum in parliament until
amendments are added and it is reintroduced weeks later for its second
and third reading, etc.
This concept, of course, works best when each party has an appropriate number of seats in parliament, so for the purpose of this experiment, I presume that each party listed (except for the Green Party, which only recently gained its first elected member) has enough members to put one on every ministerial portfolio. In Canada's Parliament as it stands, there are 164 CPCs, 100 NDPs, and 35 LIBs - more than enough for each party to sit on all 16 listed ministries.
In my reworked model of parliament, the councils would all sit on the outside of the chamber, and when it is their turn to address parliament, they can do so either from their own seats, or from the central addressing platform, which is intended for all members of parliament to have equal opportunity to face them. Perhaps swivel chairs would be a good idea?
Instead of the hierarchical approach to seating that is present in most parliaments, I intend for my redesign to mimic the Round Table from the legends of King Arthur, as it implies equality between all members of parliament. You may notice that there seems to be no designated spot for the prime minister or leader of the opposition. If we still wish to have those positions, I believe that they can sit with the speaker of the house. Oh, and the Finance Ministry (with its three ministers from three different parties) is named the Budgetary Council in this diagram.
This concept, of course, works best when each party has an appropriate number of seats in parliament, so for the purpose of this experiment, I presume that each party listed (except for the Green Party, which only recently gained its first elected member) has enough members to put one on every ministerial portfolio. In Canada's Parliament as it stands, there are 164 CPCs, 100 NDPs, and 35 LIBs - more than enough for each party to sit on all 16 listed ministries.
In my reworked model of parliament, the councils would all sit on the outside of the chamber, and when it is their turn to address parliament, they can do so either from their own seats, or from the central addressing platform, which is intended for all members of parliament to have equal opportunity to face them. Perhaps swivel chairs would be a good idea?
Instead of the hierarchical approach to seating that is present in most parliaments, I intend for my redesign to mimic the Round Table from the legends of King Arthur, as it implies equality between all members of parliament. You may notice that there seems to be no designated spot for the prime minister or leader of the opposition. If we still wish to have those positions, I believe that they can sit with the speaker of the house. Oh, and the Finance Ministry (with its three ministers from three different parties) is named the Budgetary Council in this diagram.
I also have a 3-D rendering of the new parliament chamber (click to zoom):
As you can see, the ministries all sit in a round, with the Budgetary Council and prime minister able to sit with the speaker in the centre, to direct the process. I believe that these changes to the way our government works would result in better governance for all Canadians.
So what do you think?
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