Fairvote Canada
What is This Group is About?
De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?
The unofficial non-partisan Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.
🗳️Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.
Le mouvement non officiel et non partisan de Lemmy visant à introduire la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.
🗳️Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.
- A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems
- What is First-Past-The-Post (FPTP)?
- What is Proportional Representation (PR)?
- What is a Citizens’ Assembly?
- Why referendums Aren't Necessary
- The 219 Corrupt MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform
Related Communities/Communautés Associées
Resources/Ressources
Official Organizations/Organisations Officielles
- List of Canadian friends of Democracy Bluesky
- Fair Vote Canada: Bluesky
- Fair Voting BC: Bluesky
- Charter Challenge for Fair Voting: Bluesky
- Electoral Renewal Canada: Bluesky
- Vote16: Bluesky
- Longest Ballot Committee: Bluesky
- ~~Make Votes Equal / Make Seats Match Votes~~
- Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (IRV for municipal elections)
We're looking for more moderators, especially those who are of French and indigenous identities.
Politiques de modération de contenu
Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.
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OP does realize that it is possible to be equally frustrated at the minority parties right?
The NDP has broken my trust with their poor performance as of late. Ditch Singh as a leader, and I'll be on board with the party again. Singh's lack of effective leadership skills as a party leader would NOT translate well if it came to him being a COUNTRY leader.
Also the Green party broke my trust with all the backdoor nonsense they had to elect Annamie Paul as party leader when it was clear as day Dimitri Lascaris had better skills as party leader. While they've been winning me back a little seeing Pedneault's performance as a co-leader, May still being the main leader of the party is a hard sell seeing how her work in getting Paul elected as leader literally ended up fracturing the party.
I hear you on leadership frustrations - that's completely valid. But I think we're conflating two different issues here.
Electoral systems are separate from party leadership. The beauty of proportional representation is that it actually gives voters more power to hold parties accountable, not less.
Under PR systems like STV, you could vote for NDP candidates you respect while avoiding Singh if you wanted. Or support certain Green candidates but not May. That's because PR gives voters more nuanced choices rather than forcing all-or-nothing decisions.
The current winner-take-all system is precisely what traps us with leadership we don't fully support. It forces us to accept entire party packages because our electoral districts only elect one representative.
I'm not asking you to support any particular leader - I'm suggesting we fix the system that limits our choices. With PR, we'd have more parties, more diverse voices, and more accountability for leaders who aren't performing.
What if you could vote your actual preferences instead of being trapped in this system that makes us settle?