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 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
MP Lisa Marie Barron is hosting a series of town halls in her riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith to talk about Motion M-86, for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. From her website: Canadians across party lines are concerned with the health of...
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...