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Fair Vote Canada just announced that a motion for a Citizen’s Assembly on electoral reform will be voted on in Parliament.
You have to scroll down a bit to see the announcement, which then contains links to details.
In summary, Fair Vote has worked with a few MPs to create and submit a motion to get their asses in gear on electoral reform. This will be voted on in Parliament, so pester your MP and anyone else who can help. And, obviously, spread the word.
Now is the time. The Liberals are fading in the polls and staring at a bullshit 39% Conservative majority. If they’re ever going to be swayed, this is it.
Thanks for sharing this. I’m going to email my MP about this later today.
As someone who’s still upset by how the Liberals ended this discussion after 2015 and went back on their promise, I expect either the Conservative or Liberal Party to find a way to squash this initiative again.
That being said, I do still think there’s value in pushing for this change especially at this moment. The EKOS poll referenced on that site mentioned that 76% of Canadians support a citizens’ assembly. Given that, I think either party would have to be very careful in how they try to obstruct this change. Especially in the minority government environment we’re in.
So long as the Liberals and Conservatives think there’s a chance they can win a majority, they’ll stave off any attempts to move to a proportional system. It’s interesting that after the last election, I started seeing Conservative supporters, particularly in the West, start talking about electoral reform.
I don’t know how many more hung parliaments we’re going to need before the major parties give up the ghost. But there won’t be any support from the Bloc, because a PR system would likely harm them. That pretty much leaves the NDP as the sole major Federal party that actually supports electoral reform. Who knows, maybe if the Liberals squeak through with another minority the NDP may be able to force the issue, but I’m not holding out much hope.
What drove me most crazy about Trudeau’s rapid betrayal on this one is that the frigging liberals really would become Canada’s “natural ruling party” on a PR system. Even at their weakest they’ve always held enough votes to have remained strong and relevant if we used PR. However they know they’d lose the majority, and they’d rather lose entirely almost half the time than have an almost unassailably strong hold on the country that requires them to work with others.
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Now is the time. The Liberals are fading in the polls and staring at a bullshit 39% Conservative majority. If they’re ever going to be swayed, this is it.
Thanks for sharing this. I’m going to email my MP about this later today.
As someone who’s still upset by how the Liberals ended this discussion after 2015 and went back on their promise, I expect either the Conservative or Liberal Party to find a way to squash this initiative again.
That being said, I do still think there’s value in pushing for this change especially at this moment. The EKOS poll referenced on that site mentioned that 76% of Canadians support a citizens’ assembly. Given that, I think either party would have to be very careful in how they try to obstruct this change. Especially in the minority government environment we’re in.
Nobody likes FPTP except the party in power.
I wrote to my MP indicating my support. Not sure I expect anything from the Liberals, but it’s still worth a shot.
Man I hope we can pull together some traction this time around. FPP is the biggest impediment to progress IMO.
So long as the Liberals and Conservatives think there’s a chance they can win a majority, they’ll stave off any attempts to move to a proportional system. It’s interesting that after the last election, I started seeing Conservative supporters, particularly in the West, start talking about electoral reform.
I don’t know how many more hung parliaments we’re going to need before the major parties give up the ghost. But there won’t be any support from the Bloc, because a PR system would likely harm them. That pretty much leaves the NDP as the sole major Federal party that actually supports electoral reform. Who knows, maybe if the Liberals squeak through with another minority the NDP may be able to force the issue, but I’m not holding out much hope.
What drove me most crazy about Trudeau’s rapid betrayal on this one is that the frigging liberals really would become Canada’s “natural ruling party” on a PR system. Even at their weakest they’ve always held enough votes to have remained strong and relevant if we used PR. However they know they’d lose the majority, and they’d rather lose entirely almost half the time than have an almost unassailably strong hold on the country that requires them to work with others.