by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 4, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorised
Bill 7 – the “More Beds, Better Care Act”—forcing patients to go to long-term care homes they don’t want—is now law. It was rushed through the Ontario legislature last week. The Ford government refused to subject Bill 7 to scrutiny at a legislative committee....
by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 1, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorised
Photo credit: Claudia Chwalisz. Mayor and Vice Mayor of Paris welcome the Paris Citizens’ AssemblyFor some citizens of Paris, being chosen to sit on the Paris Citizens’ Assembly feels like winning the lottery: the chance of a lifetime to participate DIRECTLY in the...
by Fair Vote Canada | Aug 28, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorised
Former NDP MP Peggy Nash interviews Nils Schmid, Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party, about how parties work cooperatively in Germany’s proportional representation system.The excerpt below was taken from an interview by Peggy Nash for the...
by Fair Vote Canada | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
MP Michael Chong’s dogged determination to wrestle power away from the Prime Minister and party leaders is a cause Canadians should rally behind. As described in the Star and in Chong’s blog, Chong is proposing three reforms:1) Having the impartial Speaker of the...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorised
Ryan Campbell is a Member at Large on Fair Vote Canada’s national executive. He also served on the national board from 2012 to 2015 and has been a board member at Fair Vote Vancouver for the past few years. He has lobbied MPs, given presentations, volunteered on...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jul 14, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorised
Michele Kading is a prairie girl who has lived in Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Her university studies – culminating in an M. Sc. in biogeography – prepared her for a career as an interpretive naturalist, program manager, and executive director of an...
