by Fair Vote 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 Fair Vote Canada | May 22, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
It’s time to give Canada’s youth #Vote16 Fair Vote Canada applauds Senator Marilou McPhedran’s efforts to put forward a bill to lower the voting age to 16. Former Fair Vote Canada board member Dolly Cepeda Montufar underscores the research showing that voters...
by Réal Lavergne | May 20, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
Preoccupation with the COVID-19 crisis recently has made it all but impossible to focus on long-term issues fundamental to our well-being. This is particularly true for electoral reform. Yet the COVID-19 crisis provides further evidence of why electoral reform is...
by Fair Vote Canada | May 14, 2020 | FVC News, Ontario, 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...
by Fair Vote Canada | May 5, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Getting rid of the per-vote subsidy was a mistake. Let’s bring it back! The repeal of the per-vote subsidy by the Conservatives in 2011 was a bad idea to begin with. It was rammed through by a governing party in less need of it than other parties and was seen to...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 19, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
This week the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association released its Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and delivering parliamentary democracy. The CPA includes all 180 Parliaments across the Commonwealth....
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
UPDATE: Read the coalition agreement 100 Years of Rivalry Transforms into Historic Cooperation in Ireland 100 years of rivalry between Ireland’s two main parties — age-old enemies Fine Gael and Fianna Fail — looks to be ending this week with an historic...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
Photo credit: 123 Vancouver For a moment, I want you to think about your municipal government. How do decisions get made? Is it one of collaboration, or is it adversarial? Has it always been that way or has there been a recent change? Are election outcomes the way you...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
Left to Right: Deputy PM Winston Peters (New Zealand First), Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Labour) and Minister of Climate Change James Shaw (Green Party) In 1996, New Zealand adopted proportional representation, after 100 years of first-past-the-post. For most of...
by Fair Vote Canada | Apr 9, 2020 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Put down the gloves and do this right! As MPs prepare to return to the House on Saturday to pass a second key piece of legislation, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are trading barbs about how “Team Canada’s” democracy should be operating. What’s puzzling is that...
