![]() ![]() “If that’s the case and things don’t change, many of these students will not be able to come to CEGEP at all, because there is no way they will graduate,” said Dawson College Director General Diane Gauvin. And a reference to Australia being an example of a country that has “first past the post” elections was removed.Last April, two Indigenous groups filed an application in Quebec Superior Court for a judicial review of 14 articles of Bill 96, An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Quebec, arguing they infringe on First Nations’ right to self-determination and self-government in education.Ī month later, the government relented, but only partially, by amending the law to exempt Indigenous students at English CEGEPs from writing the French exit exam - the Épreuve uniforme de français - if they had been educated in English in their communities.īut as the law is written currently, Indigenous students at English CEGEPs will still be required to pass three additional program courses in French beginning next fall, a requirement that CEGEP educators and administrators worry could derail post-secondary education plans for many Indigenous students. The treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, not 1984. ![]() Grant Duncan, the political commentator quoted, had been misnamed as “Duncan Grant” in an earlier version. ![]() This article was amended on 14 November 2023. “We didn’t want a single-party majority ramming through their manifestos … so this is the way it has to be done,” he said. However, Belgium holds the record for 652-days under a caretaker government while parties negotiated a new coalition, according to Duncan. The MMP system encourages coalition governments between numerous parties and so far, in New Zealand, the longest negotiating period was two months following the 1996 election. “You could see treaty issues in New Zealand rising to the kind of level of Brexit-type issues in the UK,” said Geddis, adding that a treaty referendum would “suck the political oxygen out of the room …”Ī prolonged wait for a government was “what we bargained for” when New Zealand changed to the mixed-member proportional system in 1996 rather than “first past the post” elections like the UK, said Grant Duncan, a political commentator. However, Luxon has previously called the idea “divisive and unhelpful.” The significant tax cuts proposed by National would have Act concerned about aggravating inflation, Roper said.Īct has also indicated that a referendum on the treaty of Waitangi, a document signed in 1840 that provides a framework for how the New Zealand government works with indigenous Māori, was a bottom-line policy for coalition negotiations. Reopening the country’s real estate market, which is largely closed to foreign buyers, would be at odds with New Zealand First’s nationalist policy. National’s proposed tax cuts leaned heavily on revenue raising from taxing foreign buyers entering New Zealand’s real estate market. “There are a number of different, moving parts that all have to be brought together before you get a final arrangement,” said Geddis.īrian Roper, a professor of politics also at the University of Otago, saw at least two key policies where the parties were far apart, potentially prolonging negotiations. The three parties not only need to compromise on policies but also nut out the structure of their arrangement and what role individual politicians will play in the next government, he said. “That’s what’s causing a lot of uncertainty.” ![]() “What’s gone wrong here is that it was suggested this wouldn’t be a problem and it would be quick,” said Andrew Geddis, a political law professor from the University of Otago. ![]()
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