The Syndicate

I enjoy your treatment of the back bench. Very accurate.

The indies make less sense from an actual parliamentary perspective (the speaker is the same party as the premier, the LG is a useless symbolic figurehead appointed by the premier, and the whip is basically in the same boat as the speaker), but for a game perspective it makes sense since they all CAN (with the exception of the whip) technically side against the premier.

Out of curiosity, did you consider going with the federal level instead? Including roles to make fun of regional differences would be a ton of fun for the (I imagine) very few people who would understand them. Or including a federal role (or a judicial one, it is Alberta, you guys - I'm assuming you're Albertan since you specified that it's based off Alberta parliament even though they all function in essentially the same way - like passing stuff the SC knocks down) would also be hilarious. Plus you'd have the Senate (perhaps a way for resses to be pulled off in an interesting way?).

Some sort of crossing the floor mechanic would be really interesting too.