by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
MP Lisa Marie Barron is hosting a series of town halls in her riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith to talk about Motion M-86, for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. From her website: Canadians across party lines are concerned with the health of...
by Fair Vote Canada | Sep 16, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorised
The Manitoba Liberals have offered an unserious non-solution to the very real democratic deficit Manitoba is facing. Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont rightly points to the lack of choice Manitobans face at the ballot box, with voters in the vast majority of ridings...
by Fair Vote Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
In a blistering report, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk laid out how the process to decide which lands would be removed from the Greenbelt was flawed, unfair, and heavily favoured the developers picked by the PC Housing Minister’s Chief of Staff.Lysyk also...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Opposition to Bill 23, the “More Homes Built Faster Act” which opens up building on the Greenbelt, continues to increase. A new poll by Mainstreet shows that eight months after the bill passed, a strong majority of Ontarians continue to oppose it: Why is Ontario...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
One of the most common questions people have is:How did other democracies get proportional representation?The political moment that opens the door to proportional representation is unique in each country, but it boils down to one thing: Multi-party agreement is the...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jun 25, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Cabinet Minister resignations in New Brunswick are shining a spotlight on the excessive concentration of power with the Premier under New Brunswick’s first-past-the-post, winner-take-all system. Unilateral changes to Policy 713 on Sexual Orientation and Gender...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Picture left to right: MPs Leah Taylor Roy, Mike Morrice, Lisa Marie Barron, Julie Dzerowicz, Élisabeth Brière, and Réal Lavergne from Fair Vote Canada, at a reception November 2023 for Motion M-86. NOVEMBER 2023 UPDATE: The first debate on Motion M-86 for a National...
by Fair Vote Canada | Jun 9, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
Danielle Smith’s announcement of an advisory “council” of unelected UCP candidates in Edmonton is no substitute for fair and accurate representation of Edmonton voters in the legislature. About 36% of Edmonton voters chose UCP. They voted for representation―not a...
by Fair Vote Canada | May 30, 2023 | Blog, FVC News, Uncategorised
First-past-the-post has delivered an exaggerated majority for Danielle Smith’s UCP in Alberta. The party won 56% of the seats with 52.6% of the vote. The map of the results shows exaggerated regional differences:In the 13 ridings of Northern Alberta, UCP voters cast...
by Fair Vote Canada | May 6, 2023 | FVC News, Uncategorised
Picture: Jer Clarke/ (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) licence The Liberal Party of Canada has voted to back a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform at their national policy convention. BE IT RESOLVED that the Liberal Party of Canada urge the Government of Canada to...
