(02-12-2017, 03:40 PM)sandaoguo Wrote: I would argue that all proposed legislative acts so far would be clear violations of the right to assemble and the freedom of speech in our Charter. I just don't see how it doesn't violate those if you're telling parties they aren't allowed to endorse or enter into electoral alliances. It's also something that these proposals aren't concerned with non-party groups of friends coordinating their votes.

I think the obvious reaction to these kinds of laws would be that parties simply stop making this stuff public. Not that anybody would actually stop strategizing.

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Let's remember — one half of this endorsement swap wasn't going to make it public, already.

And, again, freedom or speech, or freedom to assembly is not — nor should it — be a right to stack elections.

Edit: The alternative might be for the government to get involved in the intricacies of party management to make sure parties aren't *requiring* voters to vote inline with the endorsement.