by Fairvote Canada | Jul 14, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
This week, the OECD has released a phenomenal report called “Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave”. Why does this matter to Canada? There are lessons to be learned in the OECD report about how to include...
by Fairvote Canada | Jun 20, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
We all have a responsibility to build a society that is respectful of and informed about Indigenous cultures and rights. For many of us, it’s a process that comes with a learning curve. Today, we hope you’ll join us in reflecting on the challenges still to be faced as...
by Fairvote Canada | May 26, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
COVID-19 wage subsidy for parties is a bandaid—it’s time to restore democratic funding to parties! The outrage from some quarters over parties receiving the COVID-19 wage subsidy should be a wake-up call for Canadians: It’s time to fund parties democratically again,...
by Fairvote Canada | May 25, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Today’s recommendations by Anton Boegman for the BC government to address misinformation in political advertising are encouraging―but Fair Vote Canada would urge the BC government to go further in clamping down on blatantly misleading ads. BC should put into place an...
by Fairvote Canada | May 22, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Photo left to right: Sam Hersh, Dolly Cepeda Montufar, Fernando Garci-Crespo Santalo It’s time to give Canada’s youth #Vote16 Fair Vote Canada applauds Senator Marilou McPhedran’s intention to put forward a bill in this Parliament to lower the voting age to 16. Fair...
by Fairvote Canada | May 14, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
The 29-turbine Ontario wind farm project by EDP Renewables Canada Ltd. has leapt from its deathbed with the stroke of a pen from Ontario’s Superior Court. Approved by the Liberals in 2018, the on-again, off-again project was abruptly cancelled by the incoming...
