Dreams of electoral reform in Canada

[mzrowan]

A lot of my Canadian friends are posting about how upset they are about the Conservatives winning a majority last night, particularly since they only took 40% of the popular vote. I'm right there with you! I was hoping for a Con minority and strong NDP because I want to see electoral reform get a serious discussion. Well, I got 50% of what I

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Fair Vote Canada

[lightcastle]

Do they now?

I was just telling Lea recently that I've been feeling the need to do something socially productive...

Re: Fair Vote Canada

[lightcastle]

Well, let's see what their reply is. (I'll peruse the rest of the chapter by laws when I'm home from work.)

Re: Fair Vote Canada

[mzrowan]

Woot!

Re: Fair Vote Canada

[lightcastle]

We shall see.

At the very least, I'll get to rant with some like minded people. :)

[halfwitted]

Fair Vote Canada needs rebranding. "Fair" is weak language against something that is patently WRONG.

[littlehoudini]

I find it maddening that I can't vote for my PM directly; that I have to vote for the candidate in my riding and that eventually determines who's the PM. The rep I wanted in my area was not from the same party as the PM I wanted - which do I vote for? (BTW, I got neither.)

[Though honestly, I also find it maddening that I have to vote for parties, rather than for people, or better, for individual issues...]

[mzrowan]

How maddening?

http://www.fairvote.ca/toronto

[lightcastle]

The whole "are you representing the population or are you representing the region" thing is tricky and I don't think anyone's figured a perfect system to handle it.

[soong]

My best guess is a bi-cameral system with one house representing local districts and one house elected at-large with a proportional system. In the US, imagine keeping the House but replacing the Senate with a PR system.