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] Date Posted: 16:01:51 10/22/04 Fri In reply to: Dave (UK) 's message, "Constituencies" on 15:36:09 10/22/04 Fri >in a Federal Commonwealth, what role would the current >national Parliaments in Westminster, Ottawa, Canberra and >Wellington play? Up until now, we have been talking of a >central parliament/executive, with devolved Government in >each of the states/provinces/territories. I would like to see the existing federal governments of Australia and Canada disappear, the government in Wellington would be the government of the FC province of New Zealand. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:15:46 10/22/04 Fri It would be a shame to make museum pieces of the beautiful Parliament buildings in London and Ottawa. I’m not so keen on the Canberra one, sorry Ian. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:37:32 10/22/04 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Joel (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:47:56 10/31/04 Sun i would have the current NZ national parliament become the NZ state/prov parliament. The Australian parliament, government buildings and jobs could be turned into a civil service or administrative hub for the FC in the southern hemisphere (Aus and NZ with dependencies etc). - it could be made a priority to redirect and setup federal agencies departments (for Aus and NZ) and even headquarters in the city. - There is still the option to move the NSW parliament to Canberra but i seem to remember the building used in Sydney is quite nice. Previously I said that Westminster should be the federal parliament and perhaps something similar to what i have proposed for Canberra should happen in Ottawa. That is still and option but how about: The federal parliament being swapped between the Palace of Westminster and Parliament Hill every two terms of gov (so every 9 or 10 years) or perhaps 3 terms. The length of stay needs to be much longer than the current situation with the EU parliament (about every 6 months?). Advantages: - when one building is not being used for parliament it could be used to generate money as a tourist attraction - important and substantial building work, security features etc could be carried out and installed. - the two (original) CANZUK countries with highest populations would have democracy closer to home. - the governemtn would appear less UK-centric [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Owain (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:08:15 11/02/04 Tue IF we gave Canada a time with the capitol we would have to give it to Australia also. Its bets to keep it one place. The most obvious place is London, though perhaps Cardiff, simply because people wont be worried about Englash dominance that way. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: David (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:45:15 10/31/04 Sun I tend to agree with this approach but what would we do with Canberra? Almost 50% of employed people there are civil servants. The place would turn into a large goast town and its economy would be in ruins after the capital was moved. Perhaps Canberra could be made the Capital of NSW? Although even if this happened the city would still face significant problems. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:28:54 10/31/04 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |