National Advisory Board
In the Blogosphere
This page provides a list of recent external blog postings about proportional representation, Fair Vote Canada, and electoral reform.
Another reason for voting reform: Parliament needs women : This ...
In the past ten years, Fair Vote Canada has seen the failure of three provincial referendums on voting reform, and there's nothing on the horizon to indicate another shot. A decade in, the group is no closer to its goal. ...
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http://this.org/magazine/2010/07/19/voting-reform-women/ Another reason for voting reform: Parliament needs women
Ten years ago, Larry Gordon, a political activist who had lately become concerned about the future of democracy, approached Doris Anderson and asked if she would join Fair Vote Canada, his new campaign for electoral reform. ...
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http://feed.this.org/~r/all_this/~3/KWItoF5iurA/ Wilf Day's Blog: Why Liberals need the Law Commission of Canada's ...
In the UK, the Liberal Democrats have postponed their claim for proportional representation, settling for the Alternative Vote (AV) which would help them somewhat in the UK. They don't have our problem of exaggerated regional ...
The Daily (Maybe): Keep the door to PR open
The door to proportional representation is not yet shut. While quite a few commentators are talking about how they'll vote in a referendum whose question is not yet set I happen to think that's a bit premature. The bill has not yet been ...
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http://jimjay.blogspot.com/2010/07/keep-door-to-pr-open.html The Daily (Maybe): Alternative Vote: the essay
A point Clegg refused to answer, sadly given the opportunity by Mitchell himself when he coupled this point with a more partisan point-scoring comment that Clegg chose to respond to, allowing him to ignore proportional representation ...
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http://jimjay.blogspot.com/2010/07/alternative-vote-essay.html Rafe Mair Online » Blog Archive » From Rafe's Desk: Minority ...
For some reason one of the main arguments against some form of proportional representation is that it invariably means minority governments and often means that it takes a long time to form a government after an election as parties ...
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http://rafeonline.com/2010/06/from-rafes-desk-06-24/ Wilf Day's Blog: “Limited MMP” (Canada's electoral Plan B)
Germans call this "personalized proportional representation." Every voter has competing MPs: you can go to your local MP or one of your provincial MPs. Lord Jenkins' model needs some tweaking for Canada. He had no region with more than ...
Web Exclusive: Of Trial Balloons and Hot Air: Political Mergers in ...
Two Big Parties are not good for democracy. Burton is active with Fair Vote Canada; Green is a professor of political science at the University of Regina. Tags: joyce green, liberal-ndp merger, mike burton, proportional representation. ...
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http://canadiandimension.com/articles/3082/ LET THE (COALITION) GAMES BEGIN | Calgary Beacon
One of the reasons that the Liberals may have been avoiding the coalition option is proportional representation. Despite having been rejected in several provinces in recent years, it is definitely on the agenda at the federal level. ...
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http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2010/06/let-the-coalition-games-begin/ Newmarket Watch: Who does our council serve?
If you believe as I do that this is an important issue in municipal politics I'd ask you to contact you local representatives and ask them to complete and submit the survey which Fair Vote Canada has sent to 474 Ontario mayors and city ...