Fair Vote Canada is urging MPs to vote in favour of the Reform Act during their upcoming caucus meetings. The Reform Act provisions would only apply if MPs voted at their first caucus to keep their powers for themselves. If they choose to delegate powers to their leader, those powers would be lost to them at least until … Read more
The results of this election once again demonstrate that Canada’s archaic voting system is fundamentally incapable of giving voters what they voted for. Our skewed voting system has, incredibly, given the Liberal Party 39 more seats than the Conservative Party despite almost 288,000 fewer Liberal voters than Conservative voters. Clearly, some votes carry more weight … Read more
Fair Vote Canada congratulates Liberal MP and Minister Jim Carr (WInnipeg, Man.) on his return to cabinet and his role as special representative for the prairies. However, Carr’s reinstatement is a bandaid that does nothing to address the root cause of the issue which makes this step necessary. The regional divisions and sense of alienation … Read more
In a Nov. 4 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) proposed a way for the Liberals to pick up where they left off on electoral reform, noting that the Liberals’ parting recommendation on the federal electoral reform committee in 2016 that the Government undertake a period of comprehensive and effective citizen engagement after the 2019 election. … Read more
Fair Vote Canada is appealing for parties to step up collaboration and cooperation during the COVID-19 crisis, calling on Canadians to add their names in support. When adversarial politics is the norm and trust between political parties is extremely low, it’s tempting for any government to use the need for rapid emergency management as an excuse … Read more
Peter MacKay’s claim that as Conservative leader he’ll force an early election was clearly aimed at a quick headline. He also wants the Conservative base to open their wallets. His latest missive should be treated with a hefty grain of salt. An Angus Reid poll in September 2019 revealed that 90 per cent of Canadians want … Read more
Fair Vote Canada condemns the omission of a Minister of Democratic Institutions from the cabinet appointments. With a large segment of Canadians unrepresented in government and a widening divide between regions, Canadians need a Minister tasked with fixing the precarious state of our democracy. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) failure to follow through with … Read more
Fair Vote Canada is pleased that Green Party House leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) emerged from her meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to announce the two share an interest in moving forward with truth in advertising legislation. Fair Vote Canada is calling on the government to ensure that voters are not being lied to … Read more
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) prepares to meet with other party leaders this week, Fair Vote Canada is inviting all concerned to urgently relaunch discussions on the need for electoral reform. That our electoral system is broken has already been acknowledged by all, most notably by Trudeau himself, when he promised to make … Read more
A new simulation by electoral systems expert Antony Hodgson, President of Fair Voting BC, shows that using Trudeau’s preferred voting system (Alternative Vote) for the 2019 election would likely have significantly increased the number of seats won by the Liberal Party. Fair Vote Canada calls for a national citizens assembly on electoral reform. “We need to … Read more
