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Turquoise Blue · Aug 4, 2014

RogueBeaver said:
So Campagnolo retires in '94? To the presidency?

I knew it! She's becoming the first President of the Republic of Canada!

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Oh I can't wait for you all to see

Any thoughts as to who will replace Campagnolo as PM?

Turquoise Blue · Aug 4, 2014

CanadianTory said:
Oh I can't wait for you all to see

Any thoughts as to who will replace Campagnolo as PM?

Chretien, obviously.

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Turquoise Blue said:
Chretien, obviously.

Am I really THAT predictable?

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Bracken over Socialism

Utgard96 · Aug 4, 2014

So they still have the Union Jack on the flag? That seems to indicate that the monarchy is still around - of course, many conservatives saw it as a Canadian symbol as much as a British one, and presumably the country is still in the Commonwealth, so I could very well be wrong.

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Bracken over Socialism

Campagnolo’s government spent much of its new mandate in the field of constitutional reforms. Hoping to not only weaken ties with Great Britain but to create a form of legacy legislation to which future historians could point to as a major accomplishment, the Prime Minister introduced a plan to begin the process of reforming both the Senate and the Office of the Governor General. Beginning negotiations with the provincial premiers, Campagnolo hoped that both institutions would face voters within the next few years. The Prime Minister proposed that the Senate hold elections concurrent with federal elections, while elections for the Governor General, who would serve single, six year terms, held similarly to the Presidential elections of France, although the office would still perform the same ceremonious function as it had in the past. However the move faced intense opposition from certain groups, which included the more traditional elements of the Tory party, the newly formed Heritage party under Deborah Grey, the Premiers of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick, as well as some more traditional minded Liberals.

Yet despite the fierce opposition the government would continue to push the legislation, making the centerpiece of the government’s legislative agenda. Hoping to catch her opponents off guard the Prime Minister announced a referendum on the issue in the spring of 1994, a vote that the Liberals would narrowly win 50.019 per cent to 49.981 per cent. With passage of the reforms all but guaranteed in the Liberal dominated senate and endorsed by Governor General and former Liberal MP Romeo Leblanc, the parties in the House overwhelmingly voted in favor of the motion, with the exception of some rouge MP’s and was accepted by all Premiers, with the exception of those of New Brunswick, PEI, and Alberta. Yet the strong-armed tactics used by the Prime Minister left a sour taste in the mouths of voters, many of who viewed the Liberal leader as having forced unnecessary, albeit accepted legislation on the country for her own political gain. Those who voted in favor of the constitutional amendment were divided amongst the political spectrum, which robbed the Prime Minister and her government of any boost in the polls. With the opinion of both her and her party plummeting to historic lows, aided by the fact the government had neglected rising inflation across the country, Prime Minister Campagnolo announced her resignation as Prime Minister and was succeeded by Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley. Yet Manley’s victory, in which he narrowly defeated Paul Martin, Jr., the son of former Prime Minister Paul Martin, Sr., sowed the seeds of his own defeat. Achieved through an eventually leaked backroom deal with third place candidate Brian Tobin to run in the convention on the sole purpose of siphoning away Martin votes on the condition that upon his victory Manley would appoint the Newfoundland MP Deputy Prime Minister, various newspapers would play the deal as the new Prime Minister manipulating the convention and robbing Martin of his victory. Hoping to use the party’s weakened situation to his own advantage, Martin and several of his allies abandoned the Liberal Party and formed the Reform Party, which he presented as a new, center-left alternative to what he described as a Liberal party moving too far to the right under Manley and having abandoned the more Left-wing legacy of his father, although the Quebec Liberal was rumoured to have secretly hoped that the new party would steal enough support from the Liberals to force a merger with himself as leader. The Tories meanwhile, under their new leader Lucien Bouchard, were delighted by the situation. Polling showed them far ahead of the pack, and on track to win the House and the Senate, as well as the upcoming, albeit in practice non-partisan, Governor General Election, ironically scheduled to take place on Canada Day.

After weeks of campaigning, debating and politicking, Canadians handed Lucien Bouchard and the Tories a narrow majority government and a plurality in the Senate, and surprisingly catapulted the New Democrats, still led by the relatively popular Lorne Nystrom, to the status of Official Opposition, primarily the result of vote splitting between the Liberals and the Reform Party. Canada had changed dramatically since the last election, and had now entered a new era of political dynamics in Ottawa.

Utgard96 · Aug 4, 2014

How do the Senate elections work? I'm guessing the apportionment between the various provinces is similar to OTL, but how are the senators elected? Bloc vote? STV like in Australia? Staggered elections like in the US (though that'd be a bit unwieldy with Ontario and Quebec having 24 senators each)?

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Ares96 said:
How do the Senate elections work? I'm guessing the apportionment between the various provinces is similar to OTL, but how are the senators elected? Bloc vote? STV like in Australia? Staggered elections like in the US (though that'd be a bit unwieldy with Ontario and Quebec having 24 senators each)?

In my head it's something similar to Bloc voting.

Turquoise Blue · Aug 4, 2014

You forgot to remove Nunavut from the map.

Archangel Michael · Aug 4, 2014

Holy shit that was something. I figured it wasn't republicanism, but wow, that really shook things up.

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Archangel Michael said:
Holy shit that was something. I figured it wasn't republicanism, but wow, that really shook things up.

What do you think of the GG election?

Archangel Michael · Aug 4, 2014

CanadianTory said:
What do you think of the GG election?

Definitely interesting since the GG position is going to become more political with the direct elections. And with Bouchard as PM, how are things looking with Quebec sovereignty?

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Turquoise Blue said:
You forgot to remove Nunavut from the map.

...I'll fix it later tonight

Archangel Michael said:
Definitely interesting since the GG position is going to become more political with the direct elections. And with Bouchard as PM, how are things looking with Quebec sovereignty?

Quebec signed the constitution, so it's nowhere as bad as OTL

Archangel Michael · Aug 4, 2014

CanadianTory said:
Quebec signed the constitution, so it's nowhere as bad as OTL

Because I was sitting here like, "Lucien Bouchard, Lucien Bouchard, Lucien Bouchard, why does that name sound so familiar?". I think I somehow got him mixed up internally with Jean Charest. Then I Googled Bouchard. I guess butterflies can change things.

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Archangel Michael said:
Because I was sitting here like, "Lucien Bouchard, Lucien Bouchard, Lucien Bouchard, why does that name sound so familiar?". I think I somehow got him mixed up internally with Jean Charest. Then I Googled Bouchard. I guess butterflies can change things.

Well before the Bloc he was a top Tory MP with a pretty decent shot of replacing Mulroney

Vexacus · Aug 4, 2014

Here's InfoBox 5 in my series "An American Empire":

With the crisis in North America causing international tensions to rise, Asia is not immune from trouble as the Democratic Republic of China lodges a protest with the UN in Geneva over the Japanese colony of Formosa, which they lay claim to and call Taiwan. The basis of the DRC claim to Formosa is that the treaty was signed under duress shortly after the Boxer Rebellion and any treaty signed under the barrel of a gun is not valid. The Imperial Japanese government maintains that the Island of Taiwan as it was known back then, was ceded to the Empire of Japan in lieu of repayment of debts to Japan that China had occurred during the Boxer Rebellion. UN Secretary General Piers Crispin says that the Japanese possession of Formosa is legal and that the Chinese have no claims to the colony. As a result of the UN ruling, China withdraws its Ambassador to Japan, Japan withdraws it's Ambassador to China and the Democratic Republic of China and the United States sign the Sino-American Defence Treaty.

CanadianTory · Aug 4, 2014

Bracken over Socialism

IndefatigableRN · Aug 4, 2014

CanadianTory said:
Bracken over Socialism

Campagnolo’s government spent much of its new mandate in the field of constitutional reforms. Hoping to not only weaken ties with Great Britain but to create a form of legacy legislation to which future historians could point to as a major accomplishment, the Prime Minister introduced a plan to begin the process of reforming both the Senate and the Office of the Governor General. Beginning negotiations with the provincial premiers, Campagnolo hoped that both institutions would face voters within the next few years. The Prime Minister proposed that the Senate hold elections concurrent with federal elections, while elections for the Governor General, who would serve single, six year terms, held similarly to the Presidential elections of France, although the office would still perform the same ceremonious function as it had in the past. However the move faced intense opposition from certain groups, which included the more traditional elements of the Tory party, the newly formed Heritage party under Deborah Grey, the Premiers of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick, as well as some more traditional minded Liberals.

Yet despite the fierce opposition the government would continue to push the legislation, making the centerpiece of the government’s legislative agenda. Hoping to catch her opponents off guard the Prime Minister announced a referendum on the issue in the spring of 1994, a vote that the Liberals would narrowly win 50.019 per cent to 49.981 per cent. With passage of the reforms all but guaranteed in the Liberal dominated senate and endorsed by Governor General and former Liberal MP Romeo Leblanc, the parties in the House overwhelmingly voted in favor of the motion, with the exception of some rouge MP’s and was accepted by all Premiers, with the exception of those of New Brunswick, PEI, and Alberta. Yet the strong-armed tactics used by the Prime Minister left a sour taste in the mouths of voters, many of who viewed the Liberal leader as having forced unnecessary, albeit accepted legislation on the country for her own political gain. Those who voted in favor of the constitutional amendment were divided amongst the political spectrum, which robbed the Prime Minister and her government of any boost in the polls. With the opinion of both her and her party plummeting to historic lows, aided by the fact the government had neglected rising inflation across the country, Prime Minister Campagnolo announced her resignation as Prime Minister and was succeeded by Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley. Yet Manley’s victory, in which he narrowly defeated Paul Martin, Jr., the son of former Prime Minister Paul Martin, Sr., sowed the seeds of his own defeat. Achieved through an eventually leaked backroom deal with third place candidate Brian Tobin to run in the convention on the sole purpose of siphoning away Martin votes on the condition that upon his victory Manley would appoint the Newfoundland MP Deputy Prime Minister, various newspapers would play the deal as the new Prime Minister manipulating the convention and robbing Martin of his victory. Hoping to use the party’s weakened situation to his own advantage, Martin and several of his allies abandoned the Liberal Party and formed the Reform Party, which he presented as a new, center-left alternative to what he described as a Liberal party moving too far to the right under Manley and having abandoned the more Left-wing legacy of his father, although the Quebec Liberal was rumoured to have secretly hoped that the new party would steal enough support from the Liberals to force a merger with himself as leader. The Tories meanwhile, under their new leader Lucien Bouchard, were delighted by the situation. Polling showed them far ahead of the pack, and on track to win the House and the Senate, as well as the upcoming, albeit in practice non-partisan, Governor General Election, ironically scheduled to take place on Canada Day.

After weeks of campaigning, debating and politicking, Canadians handed Lucien Bouchard and the Tories a narrow majority government and a plurality in the Senate, and surprisingly catapulted the New Democrats, still led by the relatively popular Lorne Nystrom, to the status of Official Opposition, primarily the result of vote splitting between the Liberals and the Reform Party. Canada had changed dramatically since the last election, and had now entered a new era of political dynamics in Ottawa.

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Prime Ministers of Canada:
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1920-1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1921-1926
Arthur Meighen (Conservative) 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1926-1930
R.B. Bennett (Conservative) 1930-1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) 1935-1944
John Bracken (Progressive Conservative) 1944-1952
Charles Gavan Power (Liberal) 1952-1962
Paul Martin, Sr. (Liberal) 1962-1967
Davie Fulton (Progressive Conservative) 1967-1978
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1978-1979
Jean Marchand (Liberal) 1979-1980
Erik Nielsen (Progressive Conservative) 1980-1984
Iona Campagnolo (Liberal) 1984-1994
John Manley (Liberal) 1994-1996
Lucien Bouchard (Progressive Conservative) 1996-

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Canadian federal election, 1944
Canadian federal election, 1946
Canadian federal election, 1951
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Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1953
Canadian federal election, 1956
Canadian federal election, 1960
Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1961
Liberal leadership election, 1962
Canadian federal election, 1965
Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1966
Canadian federal election, 1967
Liberal leadership election, 1970
Canadian federal election, 1971
Canadian federal election, 1975
Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1978
Liberal leadership election, 1978
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Canadian federal election, 1980
Liberal leadership election, 1981
Canadian federal election, 1984
Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1986
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Canadian federal election, 1992
Progressive Conservative leadership election, 1993
Liberal leadership election, 1994
Canadian federal and Senate elections, 1996

CanadianTory said:
What do you think of the GG election?

Great Stuff!

Though can't say I am pleased with elected Senate and GG...

1.36 · Aug 4, 2014

Kaiser K said:
The Polish Uprising of 1953. From my timeline "a Valkyrie Rises over Europe"

Did you totally get that idea from me or something? Lol