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AlolanVulpixM to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 2 months ago

Can Canada’s voting system change? Justin Trudeau called abandoning electoral reform his biggest regret as prime minister. With a federal election on the horizon, how quickly can voting systems change

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Can Canada’s voting system change? Justin Trudeau called abandoning electoral reform his biggest regret as prime minister. With a federal election on the horizon, how quickly can voting systems change

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AlolanVulpixM to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • AlolanVulpixOPM
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    I dislike the framing of this, of course Canada’s voting system can change (and has changed in the past).

    I’d prefer if it was framed as something to the effect of: is this the year Canada stops discarding millions of perfectly valid ballots?

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      Thats such a good characterisation of it, thanks for that. Damn shame it is

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        Conversations like this are exactly how we get proportional representation. It’s just human nature to be against injustice, just like FPTP.

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    That’s rich. It was a cornerstone policy that he ran his first campaign on and then almost immediately after winning, he dropped it. He was also in power for 10 years with some of it as a majority. Clearly can’t be too regretful.

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      It could be a cornerstone policy again, if we push for it!

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    Reminder: for every person that subscribes to c/fairvote, I’ll donate $1 to proportional representation advocacy!

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    Also see: Fact Checking Justin Trudeau on Electoral Reform

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