by Fairvote Canada | Aug 7, 2022 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Fair Vote Canada congratulates Susan Holt on winning the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fair Vote Canada congratulates Susan Holt on becoming leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party. New Brunswick Liberal Party members have...
by Fairvote Canada | Jul 24, 2022 | FVC News, Uncategorised
New Brunswick Liberal leadership candidates on electoral reform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Brunswick Liberal Party is electing a new leader on August 6. Fair Vote Canada’s Fredericton chapter asked the leadership candidates where they stand on proportional...
by Fairvote Canada | Jul 22, 2022 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Doug Ford’s move to concentrate power with “strong mayor” system a step backward for local democracy Provincial and federal politics suffers from an overwhelming and stifling concentration of power in the leader’s office. With decisions cooked up by a few unelected...
by Fairvote Canada | Jul 2, 2022 | Blog, FVC News
As extreme political polarization threatens the democratic fabric of the United States, many Canadians are deeply concerned with creeping political polarization here at home. Canada’s downward slide on the Economist’s Democracy Index prompted the question: “Is Canada...
by Fairvote Canada | Jun 4, 2022 | FVC News, Uncategorised
PCs form “majority” government with 40.84%* of the vote: Ontario voters cheated by first-past-the-post Only 40.84% of Ontario voters supported the PCs, yet the voting system has handed Doug Ford’s PCs 67% of the seats and 100% of the power. The election results were a...
by Fairvote Canada | May 30, 2022 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Australian Labor Party wins a “majority” government with 32.8% of the vote using the voting system Justin Trudeau and Steven Del Duca are coveting Remember when Justin Trudeau’s Liberals formed a government with an historic low of 32.3% of the popular vote, bragging...
