Public Petition: Enact Electoral Reform and Proportional Representation in Canada on Change.org – Sign and Share here.
In light of the Trudeau’s broken promise that 2015 would be the last election under FPTP, I started this petition to hold our federal leaders accountable to following through on the changes that are needed to ensure fair representation for all Canadians.
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There are a number of key issues that I feel are important, and several groups doing amazing work.
For more information:
Global News: NDP’s Jagmeet Singh calls for electoral reform, says system is ‘broken’.
Maclean’s: A 338Canada projection: If proportional representation was real.
I would like to add that the possibly 90-100+ seats that the NDP and Greens would get in this scenario is based on voting within a FPTP system – with all of the pressure that NDP and Green voters (myself included) get to vote Liberal and avoid a Conservative gov’t. Freed of that limitation in a PR system, their numbers would likely be dramatically higher. And yet, even now, with FPTP, numbers suggest that Greens should be getting 10x more seats than they are currently getting in the current, truly unjust sytstem.
Green Party Links:
Pledge to Vote Green here
Elizabeth May details here
Local Green Party Candidates (Waterloo and surrounding area)
- Waterloo (Kirsten Wright) here
- Kitchener-Conestoga (Steph Goertz) here
- Kitchener Centre (Mike Morris) here
FairVote/Proportional Representation:
I believe that proportional representation is a critical step towards ensuring a strong, fair democracy. I had hoped that Canada would have it already, based on events since the last election, but we aren’t there yet. Hopefully there will be change soon. 🙂
Here are some links for more information.
FairVote Canada here and a video (for the 2019 election) here. In addition, there are answers to a variety of FAQs on the FVC website, including:
“What about local representation in a PR system?” (Answer here.)
Why we need to get rid of First Past the Post: here
Electoral Systems around the World (here)
LeadNow here
Declaration of Voters’ Rights on Proportional Representation / Déclaration des droits des électeurs en matière de représentation proportionnelle | Fair Vote Canada here
