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Getting ourselves a new election system . . . . PETITION
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(ಠ_ಠ)
2014-12-06 20:33:13 UTC
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One that will not be so easy for parties like the Conservatives to steal by
fraud.

Sign the petition if you care about having EVERY vote counted towards
representation in the House.
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The NDP wants to implement a mixed proportional system

The NDP will use its time in the House of Commons Wednesday to turn the
government’s attention to the need to implement a mixed proportional electoral
system, in order to ensure that 2015 will be the last in the era of unfair
elections.

“If the Conservatives and Liberals truly believe in democracy, they will vote
with us. The current system in which a party can govern without a majority of
votes has gone on long enough. We need to make every vote count,” said NDP
Democratic Reform critic Craig Scott (Toronto – Danforth).

Last week, Murray Rankin (Victoria) and Randall Garrison (Esquimalt – Juan de
Fuca) joined Scott as he presented the NDP’s plan to implement a mixed
proportional electoral system by 2019 and ensure that 2015 will be the last
unfair election. The motion tabled today aims to better reflect the diversity
and political preferences of all Canadians, by adopting a system of
proportional representation.

The motion reads as follows:

That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the next federal election should be the
last conducted under the current first-past-the-post electoral system which has
repeatedly delivered a majority of seats to parties supported by a minority of
voters, or under any other winner-take-all electoral system; and (b) a form of
mixed-member proportional representation would be the best electoral system for
Canada.

THE PETITION IS HERE: http://petition.ndp.ca/demand-that-your-vote-count
Alan Baker
2014-12-06 21:13:12 UTC
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One that will not be so easy for parties like the Conservatives to
steal by fraud.
Sign the petition if you care about having EVERY vote counted towards
representation in the House.
The NDP wouldn't be advocating for this...

...if they were in power.

:-)
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The NDP wants to implement a mixed proportional system
The NDP will use its time in the House of Commons Wednesday to turn the
government’s attention to the need to implement a mixed proportional
electoral system, in order to ensure that 2015 will be the last in the
era of unfair elections.
“If the Conservatives and Liberals truly believe in democracy, they
will vote with us. The current system in which a party can govern
without a majority of votes has gone on long enough. We need to make
every vote count,” said NDP Democratic Reform critic Craig Scott
(Toronto – Danforth).
Last week, Murray Rankin (Victoria) and Randall Garrison (Esquimalt –
Juan de Fuca) joined Scott as he presented the NDP’s plan to
implement a mixed proportional electoral system by 2019 and ensure that
2015 will be the last unfair election. The motion tabled today aims to
better reflect the diversity and political preferences of all
Canadians, by adopting a system of proportional representation.
That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the next federal election should
be the last conducted under the current first-past-the-post electoral
system which has repeatedly delivered a majority of seats to parties
supported by a minority of voters, or under any other winner-take-all
electoral system; and (b) a form of mixed-member proportional
representation would be the best electoral system for Canada.
THE PETITION IS HERE: http://petition.ndp.ca/demand-that-your-vote-count
M.I.Wakefield
2014-12-06 21:53:22 UTC
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One that will not be so easy for parties like the Conservatives to steal
by fraud.
Sign the petition if you care about having EVERY vote counted towards
representation in the House.
The NDP wouldn't be advocating for this...
...if they were in power.
... rr if they though they had any chance of ever getting into power.
(ಠ_ಠ)
2014-12-06 22:35:02 UTC
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... rr if they though they had any chance of ever getting into power.
You talking about the Official Opposition, stupid?
Alan Baker
2014-12-07 03:25:00 UTC
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Post by M.I.Wakefield
... rr if they though they had any chance of ever getting into power.
You talking about the Official Opposition, stupid?
Or as they are more colloquially known:

The first of the losers.

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