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Fair Vote Canada National Council election results 2013
Fair Vote Canada is governed by a democratically elected National Council of 15 persons.
Five people are elected each year to a three-year term using the Single Transferable Vote (STV), a proportional voting system.
This year, because of vacancies on Council, there were four extra positions to fill.
Here are the results of the 2013 National Council election:
Margaret Hoff withdrew her candidacy after the voting had started.
The following candidates are elected to a three-year term:
BC election results do not reflect voters’ wishes, says Fair Vote Canada
The BC election results are in, and the headlines are screaming:
• NDP support collapses
• Liberals win strong mandate
• Green Party elects first provincial legislator
But all these headlines are misleading, according to Canada’s leading citizen’s movement for electoral reform. Fair Vote Canada (FVC) says the real stories contained in the BC election results are these:
• One political party gets 100% of the power, even though most people voted against them
• Voters robbed by winner-take-all voting
• Opposition crippled by distorted election results
Notice to Members - New Legislation: Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
New Legislation: Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) establishes a new set of rules for federally incorporated not-for-profit corporations in Canada. These new rules replace Part II of the Canada Corporations Act, the law that has governed federal corporations for nearly a century. The rules under the NFP Act are, says the federal government, modern, flexible and more suited to the needs of the not-for-profit sector.
Register now for the Fair Vote Canada AGM and Conference 2013
Registration is now open for the Fair Vote Canada AGM and Conference 2013, which will be held June 7 and 8 at the Granville Island Hotel in beautiful Vancouver, BC!
Reserve your space now: http://fvcagm2013agarec.eventbrite.com/
The agenda is still under development, but we already have some exciting speakers and workshops lined up!
FVC National Council Election 2013
Fair Vote Canada is governed by a democratically elected National Council of 15 persons.
Information about this year's National Council election is now available on the FVC Web site at http://www.fairvote.ca/en/national-council-election-2013
To be eligible to vote, you must have already been a paid-up member of Fair Vote Canada by March 16, 2013.
FVC calls for ranked ballot to elect mayor of Toronto
Fair Vote Canada (FVC) and the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) are excited to announce that they will both campaign for a ranked ballot to elect the mayor of the City of Toronto.
“Using a ranked ballot for mayor is a small and simple change that will help make our local elections more fair and friendly, ” said RaBIT Coordinator Dave Meslin. “We can reduce vote-splitting and strategic voting, making the election experience more inclusive and less polarising.”
Environics poll shows wide support for proportional representation
A new poll from Environics, commissioned by Leadnow.ca, shows that a majority of Canadians from across the political spectrum support bringing in a form of proportional representation for Canadian elections.
The Environics poll showed support for proportional representation spread broadly across party lines, with 77% support from self-identified Liberal voters, 61% from Conservative voters, 82% support from NDP voters, and 93% from Green Party voters. Only 18% of all poll respondents oppose such a change.
Joyce Murray, Elizabeth May agree to electoral cooperation in Labrador by-election
The Green Party will not be running a candidate in the upcoming by-election in Labrador, and that's partly due to Liberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray.
Murray approached the Green Party and the NDP and suggested that the three parties cooperate to avoid splitting votes and inadvertently re-electing Conservative MP Peter Penashue, who stepped down because of a scandal over improper campaign donations.
Martha Hall Findlay endorses proportional representation
Martha Hall Findlay has become the second Liberal leadership candidate to sign Fair Vote Canada’s Declaration of Voters’ Rights, making electoral reform one of the few issues that has raised sparks in an otherwise dull leadership campaign.
Justin understands you want proportional representation, but you don’t get it.
Is Justin Trudeau listening?
In a remarkable exchange during the Liberal leadership debate in Halifax on Sunday, March 3, Justin Trudeau conceded that most Canadians want proportional voting reform, but he won’t give it to them because “too many people don’t understand the polarization and the micro issues that come through proportional representation.”
Justin gets it, but you don’t.