Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky
The Liberals could win a majority with just 42% of the vote—even while getting fewer votes than the Conservatives.
No matter who's ahead, this kind of distortion undermines democracy.
It's time to demand proportional representation.
Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky
The Liberals won zero seats in all of Saskatchewan in the last two federal elections — despite getting thousands of votes.
First-past-the-post keeps Saskatchewan Liberal voices locked out.
It's time @mark-carney.bsky.social and @liberalca.bsky.social backed proportional representation.
Media Ecosystem Observatory on Bluesky
WEEKLY UPDATE: WEEK 3 OF CANADA’S 45TH FEDERAL ELECTION🚨
As Canada approaches its federal election, we're witnessing a surge in generative AI (GenAI) content that poses serious challenges to the integrity of our information ecosystem. 🧵⬇️ #GenAI #Deepfakes #CanadaElection2025
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The image shows two graphs titled "Canadians' Concern About Misleading Information this Election."
The left graph displays trends over time (from December to April 8) showing concern levels about two types of misinformation:
The right graph shows a bar chart comparing concern levels between two age groups (represented by blue bars for "<40 yrs" and red bars for "40+ yrs") regarding:
Both graphs use a vertical scale ranging from "Not concerned at all" to "Extremely concerned." The data suggests Canadians are generally more concerned about AI-generated misinformation than general misinformation, with older adults expressing the highest level of concern about AI-generated content.
Generative AI refers to tools that can create synthetic content, like text, images, videos, or audio, by analyzing large datasets. While useful, these tools can be misused to create fake content that’s hard to distinguish from the real thing.
This technology enables the creation of convincing fake media—photos, videos, and voiceovers—of people doing or saying things they never did. In this election, it's fueling confusion and disinformation.
Since the campaign began, we’ve seen numerous cases of GenAI being used to create fake content circulating across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X. These often include memes mocking politicians.
Despite the scale of AI-generated content, there's been minimal public discussion in Canada about its impact. Most conversations are centered on deepfakes and bots, often fueled by partisan debates over AI’s role in politics.
Surveys show Canadians are increasingly concerned about misleading information, especially among older generations. The rise of AI-generated content heightens this fear. … Canadians are encouraged to report suspicious content to our tipline. This helps us investigate and respond quickly to emerging threats. Don’t let disinformation disrupt our democracy.
English tipline: www.cdmrn.ca/digital-thre...
French tipline: www.cdmrn.ca/menace-numer...
Electoral Renewal Canada on Bluesky
Instant-Run off Voting is a winner-take-all system that is similar to First-Past-the-Post.
You can see in Australia that, just like FPTP, Instant Run-Off creates one-party majority governments at the expense of third party voters.
Proportional Single Transferable Vote is a better alternative.
I share your conflicted feelings about Trudeau's legacy. The electoral reform betrayal wasn't just another broken promise - it was indeed a "cynical, partisan betrayal of the nation" that continues to damage our democracy.
Your point about Trudeau choosing to "rule rather than represent" cuts to the heart of the issue. When he had a historic opportunity to strengthen Canadian democracy, he prioritized partisan advantage over democratic principles.
I completely agree that this failure has fueled the very anti-establishment sentiments threatening our core values. When millions feel their votes don't matter, democratic legitimacy suffers.
What's particularly frustrating, as you noted, is that even after Trudeau evolved enough to acknowledge his mistake, he still made no effort to correct it. His 2024 admission that Liberals were "deliberately vague" about electoral reform reveals this wasn't just motivated reasoning but calculated deception.
In a democracy, citizens deserve representation. Trudeau's failure to deliver that basic principle will remain a significant stain on his legacy.
By "independent", that means free from undue influence from other branches of government
Security clearances can play an important role in our electoral system, but must be carefully designed. If failing a clearance disqualifies candidates, then several critical safeguards must be in place.
The clearance process must be:
Having the intelligence arm of the government administer clearances without independent oversight creates dangerous potential for abuse. Intelligence agencies should provide information, but final determinations should be made by a body insulated from political pressure from the executive or legislative branches.
As for your second question about electoral reform - the math is clear. Neither the Liberals nor Conservatives have demonstrated genuine interest in proportional representation. The Liberals have repeatedly promised reform (since 1919!) only to abandon it once in power. Trudeau's explicit admission that they were "deliberately vague" to appeal to electoral reform advocates speaks volumes.
The only parties consistently supporting proportional representation are the Green🟢/NDP🟧/Bloc⚜️. None may form a majority government under our current system precisely because FPTP systematically disadvantages smaller parties.
That's the catch-22 of electoral reform: the parties that benefit from the broken system have no incentive to fix it. This is why focusing on principled candidates who support PR, regardless of their chance of forming government, is so important.
Remember, in a democracy, citizens are deserving of and entitled to representation in government. Only PR can dependably deliver that.
Big corporations just buy up all our information networks. Here is a list of acquisition resistant, Canadian Owned and operated media.
Big corporations just buy up all our information networks. Here is a list of acquisition resistant, Canadian Owned and operated media.
Reminder big corporations just buy up all our information networks. Here is a list of acquisition resistant, Canadian Owned and operated media.
If you're concerned that Placespeak isn't Canadian: here is Placespeak's B Corp profile. Their headquarters is in BC.
Here is a list of acquisition resistant, Canadian Owned and Operated media.