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The 219 Corrupt MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform (lemmy.ca)

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Results of Motion M-86:

❌219 MPs: 🔴107 🔵111

✅103 MPs: 🔴40 🔵4 ⚪️30 🟠24 ⚫️3 🟢2

❓14 MPs: 🔴9 ⚪️2 🔵2 🟠1

Use Control-F to find your MP:

🔵Conservative:

Poilievre, Hon. Pierre (Carleton)

Aboultaif, Ziad (Edmonton Manning)

Aitchison, Scott (Parry Sound—Muskoka)

Albas, Dan (Central—Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola)

Allison, Dean (Niagara West)

Arnold, Mel (North Okanagan—Shuswap)

Baldinelli, Tony (Niagara Falls)

Barlow, John (Foothills)

Barrett, Michael (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes)

Berthold, Luc (Mégantic—L'Érable)

Bezan, James (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman)

Block, Kelly (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)

Bragdon, Richard (Tobique—Mactaquac)

Brassard, John (Barrie—Innisfil)

Brock, Larry (Brantford—Brant)

Calkins, Blaine (Red Deer—Lacombe)

Caputo, Frank (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)

Carrie, Colin (Oshawa)

Chong, Hon. Michael D. (Wellington–Halton Hills)

Cooper, Michael (St. Albert–Edmonton)

Dalton, Marc (Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge)

Dancho, Raquel (Kildonan–St. Paul)

Davidson, Scot (York–Simcoe)

Deltell, Gérard (Louis-Saint-Laurent)

Doherty, Todd (Cariboo—Prince George)

Dowdall, Terry (Burnaby North-Seymour)

Dreeshen, Earl (Red Deer—Mountain View)

Duncan, Eric (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)

Ellis, Stephen (Cumberland—Colchester)

Epp, Dave (Chatham-Kent—Leamington)

Falk, Rosemarie (Battlefords—Lloydminster)

Falk, Ted (Provencher)

Fast, Hon. Ed (Abbotsford)

Ferreri, Michelle (Petersborough—Kawartha)

Findlay, Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. (South Surrey–White Rock)

Gallant, Cheryl (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke)

Généreux, Bernard (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup)

Genuis, Garnett (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)

Gladu, Marilyn (Sarnia—Lambton)

Godin, Joël (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier)

Goodridge, Laila (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake)

Gourde, Jacques (Lévis—Lotbinière)

Gray, Tracy (Kelowna—Lake Country)

Hallan, Jasraj Singh (Calgary Forest Lawn)

Hoback, Randy (Prince Albert)

Jeneroux, Matt (Edmonton Riverbend)

Kelly, Pat (Calgary Rocky Ridge)

Khanna, Arpan (Oxford)

Kitchen, Robert (Souris—Moose Mountain)

Kmiec, Tom (Calgary Shepard)

Kram, Michael (Regina—Wascana)

Kramp-Neuman, Shelby (Hastings—Lennox and Addington)

Kurek, Damien C. (Battle River—Crowfoot)

Kusie, Stephanie (Calgary Midnapore)

Lake, Hon. Mike (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin)

Lantsman, Melissa (Thornhill)

Lawrence, Philip (Northumberland—Peterborough South)

Lehoux, Richard (Beauce)

Leslie, Branden (Portage—Lisgar)

Lewis, Chris (Essex)

Lewis, Leslyn (Haldimand—Norfolk)

Liepert, Ron (Calgary Signal Hill)

Lloyd, Dane (Sturgeon River—Parkland)

Maguire, Larry (Brandon—Souris)

Majumdar, Shuvaloy (Calgary Heritage)

Martel, Richard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord)

Mazier, Dan (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa)

McCauley, Kelly (Edmonton West)

McLean, Greg (Calgary Centre)

Melillo, Eric (Kenora)

Moore, Hon. Rob (Fundy Royal)

Morantz, Marty (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley)

Morrison, Rob (Kootenay—Columbia)

Motz, Glen (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner)

Muys, Dan (Flamborough—Glanbrook)

Patzer, Jeremy (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)

Paul-Hus, Pierre (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles)

Perkins, Rick (South Shore—St. Margarets)

Redekopp, Brad (Saskatoon West)

Reid, Scott (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston)

Rempel Garner, Hon. Michelle (Calgary Nose Hill)

Richards, Blake (Banff—Airdrie)

Roberts, Anna (King—Vaughan)

Rood, Lianne (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex)

Scheer, Hon. Andrew (Regina—Qu'Appelle)

Schmale, Jamie (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)

Seeback, Kyle (Dufferin—Caledon)

Shields, Martin (Bow River)

Shipley, Doug (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte)

Small, Clifford (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame)

Soroka, Gerald (Yellowhead)

Steinley, Warren (Regina—Lewvan)

Stewart, Jake (Miramichi—Grand Lake)

Strahl, Mark (Chilliwack—Hope)

Stubbs, Shannon (Lakeland)

Thomas, Rachael (Lethbridge)

Tochor, Corey (Saskatoon—University)

Tolmie, Fraser (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan)

Uppal, Hon. Tim (Edmonton Mill Woods)

Van Popta, Tako (Langley—Aldergrove)

Vecchio, Karen (Elgin—Middlesex—London)

Vidal, Gary (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River)

Vien, Dominique (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis)

Viersen, Arnold (Peace River—Westlock)

Vis, Brad (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon)

Wagantall, Cathay (Yorkton—Melville)

Warkentin, Chris (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie)

Waugh, Kevin (Saskatoon—Grasswood)

Webber, Len (Calgary Confederation)

Williams, Ryan (Bay of Quinte)

Williamson, John (New Brunswick Southwest)

Zimmer, Bob (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies)

🔴Liberal:

Trudeau, Right Hon. Justin (Papineau)

Freeland, Hon. Chrystia (University—Rosedale)

Joly, Hon. Mélanie (Ahuntsic-Cartierville)

Ali, Shafqat (Brampton Centre)

Anand, Hon. Anita (Oakville)

Beech, Hon. Terry (Burnaby North—Seymour)

Guilbeault, Hon. Steven (Laurier—Sainte-Marie)

Anandasangaree, Hon. Gary (Scarborough—Rouge Park)

Arseneault, René (Madawaska—Restigouche)

Arya, Chandra (Nepean)

Bains, Parm (Steveston—Richmond East)

Battiste, Jaime (Sydney—Victoria)

Aldag, John (Cloverdale—Langley City)

Bibeau, Hon. Marie-Claude (Compton—Stanstead)

Bittle, Chris (St. Catharines)

Blair, Hon. Bill (Scarborough Southwest)

Boissonnault, Hon. Randy (Edmonton Centre)

Bradford, Valerie (Kitchener South—Hespeler)

Brière, Élisabeth (Sherbrooke)

Chahal, George (Calgary Skyview)

Champagne, Hon. François-Philippe (Saint-Maurice—Champlain)

Chatel, Sophie (Pontiac)

Chiang, Paul (Markham—Unionville)

Cormier, Serge (Acadie—Bathurst)

Damoff, Pam (Oakville North—Burlington)

Dhaliwal, Sukh (Surrey—Newton)

Dhillon, Anju (Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle)

Diab, Lena Metlege (Halifax West)

Drouin, Francis (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell)

Dubourg, Emmanuel (Bourassa)

Duclos, Hon. Jean-Yves (Québec)

Duguid, Terry (Winnipeg South)

Ehsassi, Ali (Willowdale)

El-Khoury, Fayçal (Laval—Les Îles)

Fraser, Hon. Sean (Central Nova)

Fry, Hon. Hedy (Vancouver Centre)

Gaheer, Iqwinder (Misssissauga—Malton)

Gould, Hon. Karina (Burlington)

Hajdu, Hon. Patty (Thunder Bay—Superior North)

Hardie, Ken (Fleetwood—Port Kells)

Hepfner, Lisa (Hamilton Mountain)

Holland, Hon. Mark (Ajax)

Hussen, Hon. Ahmed (York South—Weston)

Hutchings, Hon. Gudie (Long Range Mountains)

Iacono, Angelo (Alfred-Pellan)

Ien, Hon. Marci (Toronto Centre)

Jaczek, Hon. Helena (Markham—Stouffville)

Jones, Yvonne (Labrador)

Khalid, Iqra (Mississauga—Erin Mills)

Khera, Hon. Kamal (Brampton West)

Koutrakis, Annie (Vimy)

Lambropoulos, Emmanuella (Saint-Laurent)

Lamoureux, Kevin (Winnipeg North)

Lapointe, Viviane (Sudbury)

Lattanzio, Patricia (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel)

Lauzon, Stéphane (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation)

LeBlanc, Hon. Dominic (Beauséjour)

Lebouthillier, Hon. Diane (Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

Longfield, Lloyd (Guelph)

MacAulay, Hon. Lawrence (Cardigan)

MacKinnon, Hon. Steven (Gatineau)

Maloney, James (Etobicoke—Lakeshore)

Martinez Ferrada, Hon. Soraya (Hochelaga)

May, Bryan (Cambridge)

McDonald, Ken (Avalon)

McGuinty, Hon. David J. (Ottawa South)

McKay, Hon. John (Scarborough—Guildwood)

McKinnon, Ron (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)

Miao, Wilson (Richmond Centre)

Miller, Hon. Marc (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs)

Morrissey, Robert J. (Egmont)

Ng, Hon. Mary (Markham—Thornhill)

O'Connell, Jennifer (Pickering—Uxbridge)

Oliphant, Hon. Robert (Don Valley West)

Petitpas Taylor, Hon. Ginette (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)

Powlowski, Marcus (Thunder Bay—Rainy River)

Qualtrough, Hon. Carla (Delta)

Robillard, Yves (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)

Rodriguez, Hon. Pablo (Honoré-Mercier)

Rogers, Churence (Bonavista—Burin—Trinity)

Romanado, Sherry (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne)

Sahota, Hon. Ruby (Brampton North)

Sajjan, Hon. Harjit S. (Vancouver South)

Saks, Hon. Ya'ara (York Centre)

Samson, Darrell (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook)

Sarai, Randeep (Surrey Centre)

Scarpaleggia, Francis (Lac-Saint-Louis)

Schiefke, Peter (Vaudreuil—Soulanges)

Sgro, Hon. Judy A. (Humber River—Black Creek)

Shanahan, Brenda (Châteauguay—Lacolle)

Sheehan, Terry (Sault Ste. Marie)

Sidhu, Maninder (Brampton East)

Sidhu, Sonia (Brampton South)

Sorbara, Francesco (Vaughan—Woodbridge)

St-Onge, Hon. Pascale (Brome—Missisquoi)

Sudds, Hon. Jenna (Kanata—Carleton)

Tassi, Hon. Filomena (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas)

Thompson, Joanne (St. John's East)

Valdez, Hon. Rechie (Mississauga—Streetsville)

Vandal, Hon. Dan (Saint Boniface—Saint Vital)

Virani, Hon. Arif (Parkdale—High Park)

Yip, Jean (Scarborough—Agincourt)

Zuberni, Sameer (Pierrefonds—Dollard)

Fonseca, Peter (Mississauga East—Cooksville)

Kusmierczyk, Irek (Windsor—Tecumseh)

O'Regan, Hon. Seamus (St. John's South—Mount Pearl)

Wilkinson, Hon. Jonathan (North Vancouver)

Statement:

Canadians are done with the first-past-the post system as it favours the powerful few over the needs of the many, forcing folks to often choose between 2 bad choices at the ballot or their vote is spoiled. We cannot continue with first-past-the-post as it enables corrupt politicians to vote against a fairer electoral system that would represent 95% of the vote instead of 40%. Canadians deserve a electoral system that will allow them to vote for their favourite candidate and to hold the government accountable without having to vote for the most popular opposition in order to fire the corrupt MPs of the government.

We need to build up the pressure and force the corrupt MPs to listen to the voices of everyday Canadians.

Here's what you can do:

Send a letter to your MP and demand they support proportional representation and advance electoral reform immediately. (Letters do not require stamps)

Use Open Parliament to watch their next moves.

Use 338Canada to watch the polls.

Protest against them on the streets.

Hold strikes demanding proportional representation be passed without a referendum, try to push for a national general strike.

Vote them out.

Bring the topic of proportional representation up when meeting with them in person.

Talk to your family, friends and neighbours about proportional representation.

We have more than a year to pass proportional representation, so lets get it done before the next election and force the corrupt MPs to do the right thing and make our democracy fairer.

Sources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REoZ89VAqdcT2eqoGrkQpBOyxUWB9Dioc_-mpgvGZ9g/edit#heading=h.wcvuwdkfukli

https://www.fairvote.ca/21/02/2024/vote-result-mps-from-all-parties-vote-for-motion-m-86-for-a-citizens-assembly-but-not-enough-to-win/

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Why a Right-Leaning Government in New Zealand Built Bike Lanes—and Ontario Plans to Tear Them Down (www.fairvote.ca)

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Nova Scotia Liberals Promise PR (lemmy.ca)

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Which is the fairest electoral system? Mega-election year sparks debate (www.nature.com)

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For Drutman, US efforts to incorporate ranked-choice voting can have only a limited effect, and don’t necessarily change the core problem of politics in the country, as he sees it. The system still pushes towards two dominant parties, and avoids proportional representation at the district or state levels. In his view, the goal should be more parties, focused on giving more voters a voice and on building cross-party coalitions, instead of experiments with ranked-choice voting to elect particular candidates. But he does see a positive note from these experiments: “There’s definitely interest in electoral reform.”

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Our Democratic Futures : Proportional Representation for the US, the UK and Canada - Fair Vote Canada (youtu.be)

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Canada, the US and the UK all suffer the consequences of winner-take-all voting systems that distort election results, polarize politics and shut voters out.

In this webinar, leading experts and campaigners for proportional representation from Canada, the US, and the UK, discuss the issues each country has with their winner-take-all elections, how transitioning to proportional representation can help address these issues, and what the routes to reform in each country look like.

Co-sponsored by:

Fair Vote Canada: https://www.fairvote.ca/ ProRep Coalition (California): https://www.prorepcoalition.org/ Make Votes Matter (UK): https://makevotesmatter.org.uk/

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5 Doug Ford Policies That Might Not Have Passed if Ontario Had PR - Fair Vote Toronto (www.fairvotetoronto.ca)

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Global News recently reported that the Progressive Conservative Party will begin nominating candidates this month, the latest sign that Premier Doug Ford is considering a snap vote.

In 2022, the PCs formed a second “false majority” government after winning just 41% of the vote. Given that progressive parties—the OLP, ONDP, and GPO—received a combined 54% of the vote, it seems Ontario’s democratic majority was once again denied its right to govern.

What made the situation even more dire, however, was the historically low voter turnout of 43%, which meant Ford was handed a majority government by a meagre 18% of eligible voters. These results spell a crisis of legitimacy for our democracy, especially when it comes to the legislation passed by such a government.

For instance, in 2019, the PCs passed Bill 124, which capped salary increases for broader public sector workers (including teachers and nurses) to 1% per year for three years. It was later deemed unconstitutional by the Ontario Court of Appeal, which ruled that it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with respect to unionized employees.

Here is a list of other legislation passed by the PCs that might not have come into force under PR:

Bill 60: Your Health Act (May 2023) allowed private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries despite critics warning that it would lead to a two-tiered system. At the time, the NDP said it presented 74 amendments to the Your Health Act to the committee, but none were accepted or even considered by the PCs.

Bill 3: Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act (Sept 22) gave mayors more power by allowing them a veto on bylaws passed by council, the ability to hire and dismiss senior managers, and stewardship over the city budget. While municipal powers are determined by the provincial government, the bill is widely seen as a continuation of the erosion of municipal powers and councillors, who are elected by citizens to exercise their democratic will.

Bill 39: Better Municipal Governance Act (2023) extended “strong mayor” powers to other municipalities. Opposition parties were critical of how it allowed mayors to pass certain bylaws with just one-third of council support.

Bill 23: More Homes Built Faster Act (2022) reduced development fees (to boost construction) despite significant opposition from environmental groups, municipal governments, and Indigenous communities.

Bill 7: More Beds, Better Care Act (2022) allowed hospitals to free up hospital beds by discharging elderly patients to long-term care homes without their consent. The bill faced backlash for infringing on patient rights.

Finally, while not a legislative bill, the Greenbelt land swap scandal raised significant issues in 2023 when the Ford government came under scrutiny for opening up previously protected Greenbelt land for development against the will of elected municipal councillors. The Auditor General’s report revealed that the process disproportionately favoured certain developers...

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First-past-the-post election leaves BC more polarized - Fair Vote Canada (www.fairvote.ca)

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While British Columbians wait with baited breath for the final results from BC’s provincial election, one thing is clear: First-past-the-post has robbed voters of choice, deeply polarized communities, and when it comes to the biggest issues facing British Columbia, resolved absolutely nothing.

BC Conservative leader John Rustad’s election night speech captured the sorry state of affairs:

“If we are in that situation of the NDP forming a minority government, we will look at every single opportunity from day one to bring them down …and get back to the polls.”

A leader whose party received 44% of the popular vote vowing to do everything in his power to ensure the legislature doesn’t work for the majority, gunning for the next chance to seize all the power with less than half of the vote, is a brutal, yet predictable outcome of first-past-the-post.

If the supposed advantages of our winner-take-all system are its ability to cater to the centrist voter, ensure “strong, stable majority governments”, prevent “backroom deals”, deliver fast results on election night, and keep out extremists, it has failed utterly on all counts―all at once.

BC’s election has exposed these claims for what they are: at best, misleading talking points from those who haven’t reviewed the evidence, and at worst, deliberately dishonest assertions from shallow politicians who consistently put their own ambitions of power ahead of the public interest when it comes to electoral reform...

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When liberals bring up electoral reform (lemmy.ca)

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2018: BC's Options for Electoral Reform Explained (www.youtube.com)

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Why support proportional representation? (lemmy.ca)

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Democracy Index 2024 (lemmy.ca)

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Source: https://v-dem.net/documents/44/v-dem_dr2024_highres.pdf

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Letter to Vancouver Sun (lemmy.ca)

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It’s time to ditch fptp for pr (lemmy.ca)

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Canada needs to upgrade to proportional representation (lemmy.ca)

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We need to have a better system (lemmy.ca)

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Canada deserves better (lemmy.ca)

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What do Canadians think about electoral reform? (lemmy.ca)

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First-past-the-post is holding back climate action (lemmy.ca)

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Enact proportional representation for the climate (lemmy.ca)

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The powerful few must be stopped (lemmy.ca)

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How The Electoral System Affects Education (lemmy.ca)

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Values by Voting System (lemmy.ca)

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Proportional Representation Results (lemmy.ca)

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Who is Backing Either Electoral System (lemmy.ca)

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Question about proportional voting (lemmy.ca)

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Currently, we vote for one representative per riding. The issue with that is that (hypothetically) one riding could have a million people and another could have 100 people. But both of them would have the same amount of power in Parliament because 1 riding = 1 mp.

How would that work in a proportional election system? Is there one candidate per X number of citizens in an area? Wouldn't cities be over represented? Wouldn't there be one candidate to cover very large sparsely inhabited areas that might not have the same needs from one spot to another?

I'm really curious how this would be implemented.