#Canada's long history of #electoralReform promises and lying Liberals, @Jeremy. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/hennessys-index-proportional-representation/

#Canada's long history of #electoralReform promises and lying Liberals, @Jeremy. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/hennessys-index-proportional-representation/
#palestineaction engaged in non-violent non-destructive action against a military target to advance a political goal. #terrorism is the use of violence against civilian targets to advance a political goal. It cannot be stressed enough that what PA did was the opposite of terrorism if that word still means anything. Starmer has sipped from the cup of false majority authoritarianism and he likes it. The UK needs #ProportionalRepresentation desperately.
At first I was annoyed that the CBC published this first-person story from an Alberta separatist.
But he said: “I studied political science at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George and learned we've never had true proportional representation…”
Once again, Justin Trudeau's betrayal of “the last FPTP election” and rejection of Proportional Representation in 2015 led to the alienation felt today.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ProportionalRepresentation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/gord-larson-first-person-1.7563659
@tinker Personally, I rather see full #ProportionalRepresentation, but what you describe is surely better than what we currently have...
Allow me to fix this:
"Really enjoy the entire world having to worry about the minute-to-minute emotional state of a 79-year old narcissistic rapist and fraudster. It really brings home how effective [First Past the Post] democracy actually is."
There must be plenty of annoyed people who voted for what they thought was a centre-left party, only to see it become a right-wing party in weeks.
Or people who voted "strategically" (and not for their preferred left-wing party) to keep out a right-wing party, only to get one anyway.
The only way to get what you want is to vote for what you want. Vote "strategically" for something you don't want, and you'll GET something you don't want.
We need #ProportionalRepresentation.
@PhoenixSerenity Trudeau making ordinary liberals embarrassed to even mention #ProportionalRepresentation a decade later was his most lasting gift to permanent corporate hegemony.
"The loudest separatist voices seem to want to be freed from obeying #Canadian laws and regulations and paying taxes but still keep all the benefits of Canadian citizenship." https://www.nfu.ca/address-western-separatism-with-electoral-reform-rural-renewal-and-respect-for-treaty-rights/
Why Conservatives in #Canada should care about Proportional Representation https://thehub.ca/2025/05/30/paige-saunders-and-sean-speer-the-contrarian-case-for-why-conservatives-should-embrace-electoral-reform/
Unelected Liberals: #NDP Voters! You must vote in #MarkCarney for #Canada, help us prevent a Poilievre right wing takeover!
Elected Liberals: Fuck off NDP voters! Everyone knew Mark Carney was a progressive Conservative, no take backs!
@jpaskaruk Extremists can rise in any system but #ProportionalRepresentation just means they can't seize total control unless they win a majority of the votes.
Currently Reform in the UK is on track for a FPtP majority gov with 30% of the votes.
The time to effectively secure our electoral system from fash and being hollowed out the way it has been was a couple of decades ago but never doing it will crush it.
@jpaskaruk No one *at all* is suggesting Canada adopt Israel's system of having only one riding covering the whole country.
It's not that #ProportionalRepresentation cannot elect an extremist gov, but that it does not elect an extremist *majority* government.
FPtP can elect an extremist majority gov like in the US but #ProportionalRepresentation cannot.
Israel would like a word.
This was so brilliant yesterday.
I learned so much.
Always learn from Pilon's lefty historical perspective and Coyne has been #ProportionalRepresentation 's most eloquent advocate imo for 30 years.
As our politics becomes more polarized, important to note that FPtP can elect an extremist majority gov like in the US but #ProportionalRepresentation cannot.
#cdnpoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t183TXmaGio
This article is obviously UK oriented, but it's not hard to see how the two-party system in #California inevitably lets down #lgbtq #lgbtq_plus folks. What's the alternative to voting Democrat when the party's leaders throw trans kids under the bus? How can a tiny legislature with only (barely) two political parties even begin to represent the gender diversity, culture and political diversity of a nation-sized state of 40 million people? #democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopoly
The united Conservative Party was supposed to win elections. By attempting to appease all types of conservative this big tent party scares away voters who do not like all types of conservatism.
Canada’s conservatives would win more elections if they offered voters a range of options and hammered out formal coalitions.
"Our politics are far, far. far less toxic in Australia...because there are other outlets."
"...Dr. Zeitz is joined by Vinay Orekondy, an Australian-born... democracy innovator… Together, they unpack the failures of winner-takes-all politics, the transformational potential of... #ProportionalRepresentation, and... civic hubs…" (at 6:06)
This should be happening throughout #Canada. #Electoralreform is way overdue. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elections-yukon-gearing-up-for-plebiscite-on-electoral-reform-1.7541239
Are you in #LA? Do you like #democracy ? How about #beer?
Then join #ProRep Coalition at Santa Monica Brewworks on Tuesday, May 27 at 6 pm to learn about our campaign to break up the two-party system and bring multi-party democracy to California!
#California #democracy #losangeles #santamonica #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform
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