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We were out door-knocking today in Vancouver-Granville! Lots of good conversations with voters about our petition to our MP @Taleeb Noormohamed. We hope he will vote Yes for Motion M-86 on a Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform!
Learn more at nationalcitizensassembly.ca
We were out talking to voters in Vancouver-Granville again today! Almost 100 more signatures on our petition to our MP @Taleeb Noormohamed, urging him to vote Yes for Motion M-86 on a Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform.
Learn more at nationalcitizensassembly.ca
We were out collecting signatures today on a petition to our MP @Taleeb, urging him to vote Yes for Motion M-86 on a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform!
Learn more at nationalcitizensassembly.ca
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#SEATTLE!
Gotta work off some of that post Mariners-game adrenaline? Join us at one of our canvasses for #RankedChoiceVoting this weekend!
There are open shifts for Sunday in Queen Anne ➡️ mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event…
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This is a pretty anti-democratic sentiment... #cdnpoli
At a town hall in Ottawa today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advocated a ranked ballot, telling students to pick "the red guy 1st, the orange girl 2nd, the green person 3rd, and then you never get the blue person." #cdnpoli
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We have a few ideas...
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It's disappointing to see an Electoral Reform Citizens' Assembly has not been included in today's @NDP @liberal_party deal.
However, we hope this new era of collaboration will allow for the important work being done on this file by several current MPs to bear fruit.
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Parties coming together & finding common ground, whether it's through a coalition, confidence & supply, or any other kind of agreement, is a good thing actually.
We should do it more often by implementing #ProportionalRepresentation
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
Here's a shout-out to all the #ProportionalRepresentation countries whose system has elected a woman leader.
Including Finland, whose governing coalition consists of 5 parties all led by women in their 30s. cnn.com/2022/03/08/opinions/…
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"It’s not difficult to see how bargaining between smaller, more ideologically defined parties might break the logjam on issues—climate change, civil liberties, and foreign policy—where cross-party coalitions are suppressed or frustrated by zero-sum, duopolistic politics."
A proposal to reform House elections and give more power to the people is gaining traction with activists. Now, they just have to convince the electorate to fight for it, writes @OsitaNwanevu.
newrepublic.com/article/1655…
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"Tory MP @MichelleRempel said the @BlocQuebecois motion had raised new questions about Canada’s electoral system and in a column suggested the @CPC_HQ should take a fresh look at reforming the electoral system, including a form of #ProportionalRepresentation."
The federal government is preparing to take action to ensure that Quebec does not lose a seat when Canada’s electoral map is redrawn.
trib.al/LiqzVC2
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Excellent article!
1/ "In all 11 elections since 1984, a majority of Canadians — most times in excess of 60% — have not supported the government in power. What voters can’t agree upon is whose vision they prefer."
#ElectoralReform #cdnpoli
theconversation.com/the-free…
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"Many of Canada’s problems stem from a winner-take-all style of politics that allows governments in Ottawa to impose measures abhorred by large areas of the country." -@StephenHarper (1997) 1/2
"[Rempel Garner] said the Conservatives, despite winning the popular vote in the last two elections, had not made gains under the first-past-the-post system. She said the Conservatives should not have to rely on splits in the left-of-centre vote to win."
theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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"Instead of politically knifing one another over positions on conversion
therapy and abortion, maybe several parties that broadly represent social conservatism, libertarianism, moderate progressive conservatism, and regional interests would be healthier...."
"Under a different electoral system, a constellation of parties representing different views on the right-of-centre spectrum might allow us to work in concert on the issues that we broadly agree upon."
We couldn't agree more @MichelleRempel! Let's work together & make it happen!
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MPs, including half the federal Conservative caucus, just voted in favour of a motion that would effectively dilute Western Canada’s influence in the upcoming federal seat reallocation process. The system seems stacked against us. Maybe we should change it. (No paywall).
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"Under a different electoral system, a constellation of parties representing different views on the right-of-centre spectrum might allow us to work in concert on the issues that we broadly agree upon."
We couldn't agree more @MichelleRempel! Let's work together & make it happen!
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Smart & thoughtful guest column from @MichelleRempel.
Conservatives shouldn’t be reflexively against proportional representation. It may well end up beieng better for both conservatives & the West.
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Corruption becomes a lot harder in a #ProportionalRepresentation system because decisions have to be scrutinized & deliberated by multiple parties before they can be passed.
It's systems that regularly give power to one party where corruption thrives.
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Thank you @ChantalHbert & @elamin88 for talking about how our broken electoral system is fueling our political divisions!
It's time for #ProportionalRepresentation