AlolanVulpixM to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 2 months agoCan 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 changewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkCan 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 changewww.cbc.caAlolanVulpixM to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareAlolanVulpixOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI 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?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThats such a good characterisation of it, thanks for that. Damn shame it is
minus-squareAlolanVulpixOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoConversations like this are exactly how we get proportional representation. It’s just human nature to be against injustice, just like FPTP.
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?
Thats such a good characterisation of it, thanks for that. Damn shame it is
Conversations like this are exactly how we get proportional representation. It’s just human nature to be against injustice, just like FPTP.