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Sunshine (she/her)M to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 24 days ago

Mixed-Member Proportional Representation Explained

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Sunshine (she/her)M to Fairvote CanadaEnglish · 24 days ago
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    We shouldn’t push for a referendum as those have a high likelihood of failing, New Zealand and Switzerland were very lucky in getting theirs passed.

    Most countries get their system of proportional representation when the mps under different banners work together to pass it. We must pressure the conservatives and liberals to support electoral reform!

    https://www.fairvote.ca/how-democracies-adopted-proportional-representation/

    Canada has had 9 failed referendums:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Electoral_reform_referendums_in_Canada

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