Gordon Gibson, Citizen’s Assembly designer, will be honoured by Fair Vote Canada at Fair Vote Canada's Movement Founder Awards 2013. A former Liberal leader, Gibson designed the British Columbia's Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform, a ground-breaking process for citizen consultation that has since been copied in Ontario, in the U.S., and in the Netherlands. More … Read more
Fair Vote Canada (FVC) congratulates the City Manager and City Clerk of Toronto for recommending that “There needs to be extensive public consultation before implementing any change to the current electoral system.” A growing coalition, led by Fair Vote Canada, demands an evidence-based, citizen-led process to investigate and compare all options for Toronto elections. More … Read more
Fair Vote Canada said the NDP is starting a dialogue with Canadians about proportional representation, culminating with the 2015 federal election. “We were very pleased when the party's convention in Montreal voted overwhelmingly [April 13, 2013] to confirm its longstanding commitment to reform Canada's electoral system by way of the mixed member proportional (MMP) system, … Read more
Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay has become the second Liberal leadership candidate to sign Fair Vote Canada’s Declaration of Voters’ Rights, making electoral reform one of the few issues that has raised sparks in the campaign. Responding to a questionnaire from Canada’s leading citizens’ movement for electoral reform, Hall Findlay affirmed that the current … Read more
Fair Vote Canada is sending a questionnaire, which includes a general commendation and various suggestions to amend the Canadian voting system, to Liberal leadership candidates. More information is available online.
Canada’s advocacy group for democratic voting reform, Fair Vote Canada, has intervened in the Liberal leadership race. It is advising Liberals and registered Liberal supporters to vote only for leadership candidates who favour equal effective votes and proportional representation for all Canadians in Parliament. The full release is available online. Call 416-407-7009.
The group is supporting the NDP's call for proportional representation, saying "it's about time." The full release is available online. Call 416-407-7009.
