According to its website, The Bridge Party was effectively non-partisan. The party refused to take a position "on issues which routinely divide Canadians and which distinguish one political party from another".[3] The aim of the party, instead of achieving power and influence, was to change the way in which Canadians relate to one another on the subject of politics and cause Canadians to have a deep conversation about the future of the country.[3]
The party proposed a " bottom up" platform in which citizens would vote on issues rather than for parties and personalities. Elections would occur in two discrete stages. Stage one; by employing an online collective decision- making platform, the first ever " people's platform" would be established. Stage two would be a vote not for representatives but for teams capable of managing the "volonte generale", the "will of the people as a whole". Cabinet After a multiple-round process of short-listing qualified candidates, managers would choose a Prime Minister.[4]
Additionally, the role of the Prime Minister would be greatly reduced. According to the party, the role of the Prime Minister would be to generally oversee the missions of the cabinet ministers, and represent the country abroad.[4]
In terms of economic policy, the party called for a 20-hour work week, increased investments in the humanities and social sciences, and a shift from economic measurements that are based on productivity and GDP to those that measure happiness.[5]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^"News Releases and Media Advisories". 22 November 2021.
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bridge, party, canada, topic, this, article, meet, wikipedia, notability, guidelines, companies, organizations, please, help, demonstrate, notability, topic, citing, reliable, secondary, sources, that, independent, topic, provide, significant, coverage, beyond. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources The Bridge Party of Canada news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message The Bridge Party of Canada was a Canadian political party In the 2015 Canadian federal election the party ran one candidate its leader David Berlin in University Rosedale The party was deregistered in January 2017 2 The Bridge Party of CanadaLeaderDavid BerlinFounderDavid BerlinFoundedJune 28 2015 2015 06 28 registered 1 DissolvedJanuary 31 2017 2017 01 31 HeadquartersToronto Ontario 1 Ideologynon partisanWebsiteThe Bridge PartyPolitics of CanadaPolitical partiesElectionsIdeology editAccording to its website The Bridge Party was effectively non partisan The party refused to take a position on issues which routinely divide Canadians and which distinguish one political party from another 3 The aim of the party instead of achieving power and influence was to change the way in which Canadians relate to one another on the subject of politics and cause Canadians to have a deep conversation about the future of the country 3 The party proposed a bottom up platform in which citizens would vote on issues rather than for parties and personalities Elections would occur in two discrete stages Stage one by employing an online collective decision making platform the first ever people s platform would be established Stage two would be a vote not for representatives but for teams capable of managing the volonte generale the will of the people as a whole Cabinet After a multiple round process of short listing qualified candidates managers would choose a Prime Minister 4 Additionally the role of the Prime Minister would be greatly reduced According to the party the role of the Prime Minister would be to generally oversee the missions of the cabinet ministers and represent the country abroad 4 In terms of economic policy the party called for a 20 hour work week increased investments in the humanities and social sciences and a shift from economic measurements that are based on productivity and GDP to those that measure happiness 5 References edit a b Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration Retrieved September 26 2015 News Releases and Media Advisories 22 November 2021 a b Party History a b A New Politics A New Economy External links editBridge Party of Canada Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Bridge Party of Canada amp oldid 1193774210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
