Referendum Results: Canada Says No!
Day 976, 17:08
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by Dade Pendwyn
Canadian Conduit - Presidential Address #18
The votes are in and Canadians have decided we will not be letting the Americans cop a feel of one of our tits. This is not a sign of disloyalty to our most important allies; despite this decision I am sure Canada and the USA will remain the strongest allies on the planet. They are our Bros and in a time where loyal allies are the most important resource in the game, we plan on doing everything in our power to get rid of the foreign invaders currently spoiling North American land.
This referendum marked a historic time in eCanada's evolution: it is the first time a massive decision has been officially relegated by the Country President to the people. I promised I would be obeying the will of the people in this matter, and of course I retain that promise. Hopefully this will open the doors for future votes on important issues. Additionally, I see these future votes using my referendum as a way to learn from our mistakes and successes with the vote. Ultimately, the government only exists to serve the people the way they would want, and a referendum (though slow and unwieldy) is the ultimate way of allowing the people to decide their own fate on important issues.
From the referendum officials Sperry and Stephanos Primus via the eCBC:
Our final tally is as follows:
104 (36.88
😵voted in favour of the referendum.
178 (63.12
😵voted against the referendum.
282 valid votes were cast in the referendum.
24 votes (7.8% of all 306 received) were voided, for the following reasons:
5 Organizations sent votes.
9 Citizens voted twice (sometimes a double-send, sometimes several hours apart).
6 non-Canadians voted.
4 votes were received after the 48-hour mark.
9 invalid votes were in favour of rental, 15 invalid votes were opposed to rental.
If the vote had been yes, the Ruskie invasion of the USA probably would have made any rental very difficult. Nonetheless, I feel this is a defining moment in citizen autonomy.
I'd like to thank Sperry and Stephanos for their tireless and thankless work counting votes and verifying citizenship. It was Sperry's idea to use the PM method, and I must admit it was superior to the method I had been considering. Without these two, nothing like this could have been possible.
Thank you to all citizens. The turnout was good, and I hope that this referendum will open the doors for similar initiatives in the future.
Sincerely,
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I voted, I was a non-Canadian, Woot!
But you didn't count it 🙁
Sorry Rowan :/
good job though with the ref idea, yey democracy
I am glad with the results 🙂
CANADA VOTED RIGHT!
Shame. You know that the US would have done this for Canada if the roles were reversed. It's very disappointing to know that Canada doesn't have our backs when it truly matters.
I am disappointed in Canada for the first time. Your decision saddens me but I and the rest of America still consider you Bros.
Always,
-DK
While I personally am overjoyed with the result (as I voted no), I can only hope that it won't damage American-Canadian relations, and won't heavily divide our own populace.
Don't be all mad :/
No worries Canada, its cool 🙂
To the BROS:
Respect the will of the people. Don't be a dick by saying you're "ashamed" of us or that we don't have your back.
Bros can and do disagree, but they're still bros - that's the whole point.
Respek.
Hey US complainers. Words like "shame" do not build better ties. We need each other.
The US is slowly being taken over by Russia and the last thing we need is to lose NWT to the Russians when it belongs to the US.
Devil, neither does calling them complainers.
Right now uniting against Russia should be the #1 priority on all of our agendas.
lise stubbings: in poland we say - dont share a bear if its still alive. us have friends and now its russians time to be worried
You made the wrong decision Canada, but like a big bro we'll always be there for you when you need us o/
nice job, petz must be pleased
well bro's remember that in all of this 104 people we're for it, It's not neglectable.
we are not team players today.
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God damnit, Canada.
Sry bros...people forget easily.
Hey, we can continue to share a border. Good enough fer now. Broz
Very disappointed right now
Sorry bros
I am disappoint. 😐
We made the right vote.
Wise decision!
I agree that the invasion of Ruskies made ANY rental difficult.
Voted.
I only found two Americans in this article that did not say shame on you. I agree with Lise stubbings, we should not give America a region unless they can hold it, which is what they have issues with.
America, you're not our big brother. You're our weak little sister that we have to defend. We CAF guys did everything possible to make sure the ruskies don't get Cali without a fight show some respect.
Glad to see the people's voice is being heard. Thanks for doing this (the referendum) for us Dade; we know you don't have to do things like this but you do because your a great leader and want to people happy.
On another note though, Im a little surprised about the minimal turnout! Come on Canada! We need participation!
I was always opposed to renting it but with the difficulties they are having holding their own territory at this point "renting" them a region would be tantamount to giving it to the Russians making it even harder to support.
Some good news 🙂 At last.
I was opposed to renting (Glad it went through of course), but what REALLY disappoints me is what Gareeth just pointed out.. lack of voting! I mean, in a country of 6210 citizens... only 282 could send a PM? Thats 4% OF CANADA! 😮
AMM, only 1000 or so vote in Presidential elections, so it's actually almost a third of active Canadians - not bad.
Regardless of the result, I like the democratic way you approached this Dade
A good result
On a secondry note, respect to Dade for allowing candains to have the last word
Dade: I know... I was just making a point 😛
And good for you for sticking to your word 😉
did i vote twice XD
Well I am not an American but I can say I am little bit disappointed.
Sorry Bro's but we had to vote with our heads and not our hearts on this one.
Nobody ever really made a good case as to how renting would benefit the vast majority of citizens. Government gold wouldn't have. The only thing that was clear was that it would greatly reduce the demand for our titanium production which would harm the huge number of eCanadian workers who migrated as harvesters to get in on what was supposed to be a titanium boom. The ripple effects of harming those workers would have in turn hurt everyone else.
Good method... I'm sure we'll get rentals working in the future. Hail Brolliance, Hail EDEN!
considering the fact that the americans can barely hold their own ground from the russians and Poland it would`ve been a huge risk to give it to them as the russians or the Polish could take it and gain access to decent amounts of almost all the resources
I also see that the Ireland vs. Canada war is coming to an end so the original backing point for letting the USA rent NWT is also gone, so as a Canadian I am happy with this vote, but I do hope that it doesn`t hurt Canadian-American relations
no tits for them.
tits r 4 canada.
hb741 - I'm sure you can understand my frustration when people say "government gold wouldn't have" benefited the people at all when I said at least half a dozen times that the people could vote on how they wanted the money spent - including raising the value of CAD or giving the money out equally to all citizens who sign up as an economy stimulus.
What am I missing? Titanium is cheap and plentiful in the US market.
Respect