by Fair Vote Canada | Nov 4, 2023 | Blog, FVC News
Canadians’ deepest fear about the future If you watch the news, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the biggest fear that most Canadians have about the future is the housing crisis. Or the healthcare crisis. Or, especially, the affordability crisis. There’s no doubt...
by Fair Vote Canada | Oct 15, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorised
A couple of weeks ago, we got this email: “Dear Fair Vote Canada,Currently I am vacationing in the Netherlands. While watching the daily Dutch news presentation on television my jaw dropped. Party members walked across the aisles to other parties in an effort to make...
by Fair Vote Canada | Oct 4, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
First-past-the-post has delivered a false majority for Wab Kinew’s NDP in Manitoba. The party won 59.6% of the seats – and 100% of the power – with 45% of the vote. The smaller parties were squeezed out. In 2019, the Manitoba Liberal got 15% of the vote...
by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 16, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorised
The Manitoba Liberals have offered an unserious non-solution to the very real democratic deficit Manitoba is facing. Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont rightly points to the lack of choice Manitobans face at the ballot box, with voters in the vast majority of ridings...
by Fair Vote Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
In a blistering report, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk laid out how the process to decide which lands would be removed from the Greenbelt was flawed, unfair, and heavily favoured the developers picked by the PC Housing Minister’s Chief of Staff.Lysyk also...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Opposition to Bill 23, the “More Homes Built Faster Act” which opens up building on the Greenbelt, continues to increase. A new poll by Mainstreet shows that eight months after the bill passed, a strong majority of Ontarians continue to oppose it: Why is Ontario...