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CTV News also made the same call.

Majority or minority gov tbd


Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney take in the results in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Now it's time to get on the MP's to make some changes. Don't stop now. No matter what party. We need to ensure our government does better in regards to First Nations, minorities and the disabled. As well as electoral reform.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Electoral reform is the biggest issue we need to tackle. Without proportional representation, Canada will continue its rightward march to polarizing American style politics.

We need to keep fighting to make the Liberals and NDP choose Canada over party.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I disagree with that second bit.

We need to fight to make as many citizens as possible choose Canada over a party. This divisive political party bullshit gets us nowhere. Even the cons. It's American politics and it can go back where it came from.

I remember my parents and grandparents having political conversations with their friends. They didn't always agree that is certain. There were some heated debates as well as some quiet times of contemplation. They discussed it and allowed one another to voice their political opinions without making it a personal fight.

We need that again. I'm 50 and I couldn't do that with anyone I know that has different political beliefs than me, which is pretty much everyone.

And as a disabled Canadian I live under a fascist regime who wants me dead. I can MAID any time I like but I live in abject poverty and so does my family. First Nations people...the same except our government actively tries to exterminate them while keeping them in poverty and fighting against their rights enshrined by law when they attempt to change their financial standing. Foreign workers doing our shit jobs for minimum wage and getting stomped and shit on by corporate olygarchs serve you coffee, gas and food every single day.

How about everyone gets a fair go please.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

First past the post tends to produce adversarial politics, whereas proportional representation trends to produce collaborative politics.

Canada used to be better about that because we had more minority governments, but things have been moving closer to American style two party.

I completely agree that the divisiveness at a community level is also a problem, but electoral reform is a concrete thing we can advocate for that will improve this.

The majority of Canadians support proportional representation, so the barrier is getting politicians to put down short sighted self interest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

As someone who lives in poverty thanks to my fellow Canadians not standing up for people like me and ignoring the issues that affect my family the most, I will continue to add that first Nations, minorities and people with disabilities live in a fascist state right now in Canada. No matter the government and that needs to change. Now.

Only the people of the country standing up to the parties and politicians will change this. As you have pointed out electoral reform is already supported by the vast majority of Canadians and has a very strong voice that keeps getting stronger. It is a major issue for many Canadians as it should be.

Who mentions the first Nations and the disabled when they speak or act within our government? Who is fighting for the rights of those with the smallest voices? How many Canadians even know these issues exist for us? Who feeds my kids when I cannot because my government and the people of my country couldn't care less about us the most vulnerable members of your society? Who cares for their health needs because I can no longer can?Who makes sure they grow up healthy and strong and smart and not a drain on society as a whole? Me. But I can't do that because I live below poverty for a single individual in my province but I have 3 kids simply because I developed an illness that broke my body.

This doesn't need to be a single issue win but if we make it that, we ensure the country continues down a path towards fascism and American style politics no matter the reform to our voting system. You get your single issue reform and the country keeps on ticking like it always has. Smashing the little guy into bits. That's fascism and it's as much a part of our country as it is the Americans we deride so much.

People matter. If you watch the Americans right now they're at one another's throats. We aren't far off that in our own country. Stand up for the little guy while you fight.

That's Canadian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, i'd have thought housing/cost of living would've been on a list like that. I thought it was a fairly big issue going into the Canadian election?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It's a short list on my part. I have some "pet" issues that dominate my life because of my personal experiences that simply don't make headlines and are lesser known issues. I openly admit that.