Fairvote Canada
What is This Group is About?
De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?
The unofficial non-partisan Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.
🗳️Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.
Le mouvement non officiel et non partisan de Lemmy visant à introduire 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.
- A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems
- What is First-Past-The-Post (FPTP)?
- What is Proportional Representation (PR)?
- What is a Citizens’ Assembly?
- Why referendums Aren't Necessary
- The 219 Corrupt MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform
Related Communities/Communautés Associées
Resources/Ressources
Official Organizations/Organisations Officielles
- List of Canadian friends of Democracy Bluesky
- Fair Vote Canada: Bluesky
- Fair Voting BC: Bluesky
- Charter Challenge for Fair Voting: Bluesky
- Electoral Renewal Canada: Bluesky
- Vote16: Bluesky
- Longest Ballot Committee: Bluesky
- ~~Make Votes Equal / Make Seats Match Votes~~
- Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (IRV for municipal elections)
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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I get that frustration. Family conversations about electoral reform can be especially difficult because they get tangled up with other political beliefs that aren't actually related to PR.
The socialism angle is a common but misguided deflection. Proportional representation isn't tied to any economic system - it's simply about ensuring that votes translate fairly into representation. Countries across the political spectrum use PR, from Nordic social democracies to fiscally conservative Germany and even Japan.
What helps me in these conversations is bringing it back to core democratic principles: in a democracy, citizens deserve representation. That's it.
Rather than trying to win the whole argument at once, sometimes it's more effective to plant seeds of doubt about FPTP. Ask how it's fair that a party can win 100% of the power with only 39% of the votes. Or how it's reasonable that millions of Conservative voters in Toronto or Liberal voters in rural Alberta have zero representation.
Deep breaths. The reform movement is a marathon, not a sprint.