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What is This Group is About?/De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?

The unofficial Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels government in Canada.

Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.

Le mouvement non officiel de Lemmy visant à amener la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.

Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.

What is First-Past-The-Post?

What is a Citizens’ Assembly?

What is Proportional Representation?

Related Communities/Communautés Associées:

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Resources/Ressources:

Open Parliament

Members of Parliament

388 Canada

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Official Organizations/Organisations Officielles:

Fairvote Canada

Fairvote US

Makevotesmatter UK

We're looking for more moderators especially those who are of french and indigenous identities.

Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish less people clapped as he was being dishonest about unity

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They were actually applauding his hair and fashion sense because he didn't really say anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The answer at the time was that they held a poll and people voted for what we have now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Probably worth distinguishing the cross-party ERRE survey from the LPC push-poll that was mydemocracy.ca.

Compare as an example the quality of questions and their inherent biases:

The former asked people to rate how much they agreed with statements like

  • Independent candidates should be able to be elected to Parliament
  • The current electoral system adequately reflects voters' intentions
  • Seats should be allocated in proportion to the percentage of votes received by each political party
  • Voters should elect local candidates to represent them in Parliament
  • The current electoral system should be changed

Whereas the latter asked more loaded questions:

  • There should be parties in Parliament that represent the views of all Canadians, even if some are radical or extreme.
  • Governments should have to negotiate their policy decisions with other parties in Parliament, even if it is less clear who is accountable for the resulting policy.
  • It is better for several parties to have to govern together than for one party to make all the decisions in government, even if it takes longer for government to get things done.