by Fair Vote Canada | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Ontario Green platform gets it right on electoral reform The Ontario Green Party platform gives voters a process they can trust and a commitment to implement a proportional system. The platform states: Democratic reform “Create a diverse, randomly selected...
by Fair Vote Canada | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorised
Blog by Emerson Howitt Ontario’s election is in full swing, and a federal one isn’t far off. That means we’re about to see the usual spectacle: progressive parties squabbling over minor differences instead of highlighting their shared priorities. A recent example? The...
by Fair Vote Canada | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorised
Blog by Emerson Howitt Donald Trump’s chaotic leadership has already sent shockwaves through the global economy. His reckless tariff threats nearly sparked a financial crisis, and while a 30-day delay has offered a brief reprieve, this is just the beginning of four...
by Fair Vote Canada | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
National poll shows 68% support for proportional representation Which Liberal leadership candidates will listen to Canadians and do something useful?A national poll of Canadians asking about support for proportional representation was conducted by EKOS Research...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jan 29, 2025 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
“We need the largest mandate in history”. That was Doug Ford’s justification for calling an Ontario election seventeen months early, in the middle of a trade crisis with the US in which all provincial premiers have a critical role to play. Some would argue this is...
by Fair Vote Canada | Dec 29, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorised
Fair Vote Canada congratulates Sylvia Bashevkin and Jean-Pierre Kingsley for their appointments to the Order of Canada. Sylvia Beth Bashevkin, O.C. Sylvia Bashevkin is one of Canada’s top scholars of gender and politics. Among the first to study the obstacles facing...
by Fair Vote Canada | Dec 16, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorised
You may have noticed that some academics will answer a question about Canada switching to proportional representation by saying something like this: “There’s no perfect system. Electoral reform is all about trade-offs”. Before accepting the latter part of this claim...
by Fair Vote Canada | Dec 14, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorised
The new “Cooperation and Responsible Government Accord” between the BC NDP and the BC Greens includes a special all-party committee that will look at proportional representation! The committee will hear from experts and the public and produce a report on...
by Fair Vote Canada | Dec 6, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorised
Imagine it’s the last two weeks of a closely fought election campaign in Canada. The leaders of our two biggest parties run into each other on the street while campaigning in a fiercely contested riding. The cameras are instantly rolling to capture the exchange. The...
by Fair Vote Canada | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Nova Scotia’s election results with first-past-the-post were a misrepresentation of what voters said with their ballots.The Nova Scotia PCs got 78.2% of the seats with 52.8% of the vote. The Nova Scotia NDP will become the official opposition, despite coming third in...
