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Jack Layton believed in electoral justice and made passionate calls for proportional representation during his time as leader.
It's time to honour his vision and make every vote count.
#ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli
It's time to honour his vision and make every vote count.
#ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli
This is what concentrated power produces. A party wins a majority with forty percent of the vote and suddenly has the freedom to target its opponents.
Proportional representation makes prevents this kind of behaviour by requiring broad, shared control of government.
Proportional representation makes prevents this kind of behaviour by requiring broad, shared control of government.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is what concentrated power produces. A party wins a majority with forty percent of the vote and suddenly has the freedom to target its opponents.
Proportional representation makes prevents this kind of behaviour by requiring broad, shared control of government.
Proportional representation makes prevents this kind of behaviour by requiring broad, shared control of government.
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In the latest episode of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues in favour of the UK adopting a form of PR - similar to the one used in Germany.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In the latest episode of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues in favour of the UK adopting a form of PR - similar to the one used in Germany.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
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Two-party systems are pretty terrible at creating policies we actually want.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Two-party systems are pretty terrible at creating policies we actually want.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
#ProportionalRepresentation #ProRep #EndTheDuopoly #EndPolarization
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When governments flip direction every cycle, long term projects stall and public trust sinks.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
This is what first-past-the-post produces by design.
Proportional representation creates stable majorities that support consistent long term policy.
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Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Please, pretty please.
@fairvote.ca
@fairvote.ca
Let's put an end to First-Past-the-Post elections together and build a true democracy! Join us: lewisforleader.ca
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Please, pretty please.
@fairvote.ca
@fairvote.ca
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Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Let's put an end to First-Past-the-Post elections together and build a true democracy! Join us: lewisforleader.ca
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Let's put an end to First-Past-the-Post elections together and build a true democracy! Join us: lewisforleader.ca
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Tony #NDP2026 supports: #ProportionalRepresentation as one of the most important single changes to be implemented by an #NDP government. Under our non-proportional voting system, in most elections, most voters don’t elect anyone to represent them. mastodon.social/@tonymcquail...
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Tony #NDP2026 supports: #ProportionalRepresentation as one of the most important single changes to be implemented by an #NDP government. Under our non-proportional voting system, in...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tony #NDP2026 supports: #ProportionalRepresentation as one of the most important single changes to be implemented by an #NDP government. Under our non-proportional voting system, in most elections, most voters don’t elect anyone to represent them. mastodon.social/@tonymcquail...
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Shame on Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, François Legault and Scott Moe. This could be avoided with proportional representation where every vote counts and would stop these wannabe autocrats from trampling people's rights. None of them obtained majority votes, just majority seats with FPTP. @fairvote.ca
Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause is out of control. It’s up to voters to stop it
The architects of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms thought the Notwithstanding Clause would only be used in exceptional circumstances. Conservative premiers seem determined to prove them wrong.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Shame on Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, François Legault and Scott Moe. This could be avoided with proportional representation where every vote counts and would stop these wannabe autocrats from trampling people's rights. None of them obtained majority votes, just majority seats with FPTP. @fairvote.ca
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🇨🇦 Canada’s route to protect democracy!!
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🇨🇦 Canada’s route to protect democracy!!
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
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Huge thanks to @fairvote.ca volunteers for talking to delegates at convention. It’s an important conversation we need to keep from being shoved onto the back burner!
BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Huge thanks to @fairvote.ca volunteers for talking to delegates at convention. It’s an important conversation we need to keep from being shoved onto the back burner!
Safe seats, swing riding pressure, and unchecked power are built into first-past-the-post.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Safe seats, swing riding pressure, and unchecked power are built into first-past-the-post.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
Those conditions make quiet influence and strategic favours far more valuable.
Proportional representation breaks that pattern by making every vote count.
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Voting fairness and true democracy- that's what it is all about.
Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Voting fairness and true democracy- that's what it is all about.
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Thank you all for doing your part in promoting a fairer and more democratic electoral system.
Fair Vote supporters from across southern Ontario were outside the federal Liberal convention in Hamilton.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thank you all for doing your part in promoting a fairer and more democratic electoral system.
BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
Fair Vote supporters from across southern Ontario were outside the federal Liberal convention in Hamilton.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Fair Vote supporters from across southern Ontario were outside the federal Liberal convention in Hamilton.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
Delegates noticed. Many stopped to talk. Some were already on board. Some asked good questions. Everyone left knowing Canadians want proportional representation.
Western alienation is not inevitable.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Western alienation is not inevitable.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
Hearing about the beauty of cooperation in Finland, it hits home.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hearing about the beauty of cooperation in Finland, it hits home.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
Ontario keeps getting governments that most voters did not choose.
When a party can turn forty percent support into almost total control, the real issue is the system itself.
Proportional representation would give every voter equal power and end fake majorities.
When a party can turn forty percent support into almost total control, the real issue is the system itself.
Proportional representation would give every voter equal power and end fake majorities.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ontario keeps getting governments that most voters did not choose.
When a party can turn forty percent support into almost total control, the real issue is the system itself.
Proportional representation would give every voter equal power and end fake majorities.
When a party can turn forty percent support into almost total control, the real issue is the system itself.
Proportional representation would give every voter equal power and end fake majorities.
Big night in Kings Hants. If you care about the future of our democracy, this is the event to be at.
Jo Ann Roberts, author of Storm the Ballot Box, joins a powerful lineup to dig into how proportional representation can level the playing field.
Wolfville, Nov 27. All welcome!
Jo Ann Roberts, author of Storm the Ballot Box, joins a powerful lineup to dig into how proportional representation can level the playing field.
Wolfville, Nov 27. All welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Big night in Kings Hants. If you care about the future of our democracy, this is the event to be at.
Jo Ann Roberts, author of Storm the Ballot Box, joins a powerful lineup to dig into how proportional representation can level the playing field.
Wolfville, Nov 27. All welcome!
Jo Ann Roberts, author of Storm the Ballot Box, joins a powerful lineup to dig into how proportional representation can level the playing field.
Wolfville, Nov 27. All welcome!
Rural Liberal voters and urban Conservative voters keep getting shut out even when they show up in huge numbers.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rural Liberal voters and urban Conservative voters keep getting shut out even when they show up in huge numbers.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
Politicians with 30%-40% of the vote should not control 100% of your healthcare decisions.
First past the post rewards parties that ignore most voters.
Proportional representation means governments that actually serve the majority.
First past the post rewards parties that ignore most voters.
Proportional representation means governments that actually serve the majority.
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Politicians with 30%-40% of the vote should not control 100% of your healthcare decisions.
First past the post rewards parties that ignore most voters.
Proportional representation means governments that actually serve the majority.
First past the post rewards parties that ignore most voters.
Proportional representation means governments that actually serve the majority.