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Democratic reform

The Canadian Future Party will give Members of Parliament the freedom to speak their minds on every bill that goes before Parliament and we’ll introduce proportional representation for some of the seats in the House of Commons, making your vote count in Ottawa with a mixed member proportional system.

We know proportional representation is achievable because other countries have done it. Dialogue and compromise to reach a multi-party agreement is how most OECD countries achieved PR.

Unfortunately, since 2017, the Liberals haven’t been willing to come to the table.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been obstinate, unrelenting and ultimately decisive in his personal opposition to any form or degree of proportionality. As he stated in 2017 when he broke the promise, “It was my choice to make.”

A Poilievre false majority combined with new leadership in the Liberal Party could finally place a multi-party agreement on electoral reform within reach.

If the 39 Liberal MPs who bucked the party line when they voted for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform are any indication, it’s a conversation many Liberals are ready to have.

Cooperate for Canada on Bluesky

Ways you can support your favourite party and keep the cons out of your riding.

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The world is reeling from Trump’s tariffs. Canada’s response will shape our future.

Shouldn’t that response reflect the will of all Canadians—not just politicians that won a majority with only 40% of the vote?

Demand proportional representation.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

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This #elxn45 and beyond, understanding our digital public sphere is more important than ever. At the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, we track these currents closely.

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Electoral Renewal Canada on Bluesky

The Longest Ballot Committee (@longestballot.bsky.social) is a political organization in Canada that has been contesting Canadian elections since the 2021.

They protest Canada’s elections by flooding individual districts with dozens of independent candidates. But why do they take this approach?

The core of their message is straightforward:

Politicians should not be in charge of making the rules for their own elections.

It's true, there is an inherent conflict of interest in allowing politicians to be the decision makers in this respect, and it’s not just limited to the election system.

One tool to help improve decision-making is the use of Citizen’s Assemblies.

Dozens of randomly selected citizens work together to make decisions through careful discussion and consensus.

Here's information from an assembly held in Yukon last year: www.yukoncitizensassembly.ca

In the disinformation age, our institutions face real threats to their legitimacy. Strengthening them and reclaiming legitimacy must include an openness to new ways of making decisions.

That change can start with a National Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform:

nationalcitizensassembly.ca

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2025 must be the last federal election under first-past-the-post.

It's time for proportional representation.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

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Nigel Farage's Reform Party may win a majority government with just 28% of the vote at the next UK election.

First-past-the-post needs to be abolished from the face of the planet.

It’s time for proportional representation.

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Canada already has politicians who spread conspiracies on everything from LGBTQ rights to vaccines to immigration.

First-past-the-post doesn’t block them—it hides them in big parties that can win all the power with 40% of the vote.

Demand proportional representation.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

Electoral Renewal Canada on Bluesky

At my talk at uOttawa, someone asked if our election system made it possible to win a majority government with just 30% of the vote.

Here's your answer: it absolutely is possible.

Proportional representation can't come soon enough.

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Critics are calling for change as Canada heads into #Election2025 still using first-past-the-post.

It’s time for a system that reflects how we vote. #cdnpoli

Watch the @ctvnewswindsor.bsky.social clip here! youtu.be/ZPMeHoj2bfY?...

Solveig Christina on Bluesky

Lots of NDP and Green Party signs in my neighborhood. Great partners for the Liberals but voting for a smaller party in Canada's first-past-the-post system risks a Conservative government. We need proportional representation now, @mark-carney.bsky.social

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Here in Canada, first-past-the-post means Trump sympathizers could win a majority with less than 50% of the vote.

That’s why we need proportional representation—so no party can take control of our government without a true majority.

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The latest "Honest Government" ad from The Juice Media. I can't help but amplify the voices calling for #proportionalrepresentation in Canada. A much more equitable way to democratically elect a government. @fairvote #election2025 #cdnpoli #democracy https://youtu.be/wT/_n4Khmq0o

Manly said the Liberals “have no ground game” in the riding and “haven’t elected someone here since 1940.” He also slammed the NDP for failing to “make proportional representation part of their confidence and supply agreement” with the Liberals and mused that it might be regretting that decision with “plummeting” poll numbers.

“There’s quite a large majority in Nanaimo—Ladysmith against the Conservatives, but the Conservatives are currently projected to win, and that wouldn’t happen in another more proportional electoral system,” he said. “If the Conservatives are going to lose in this riding, the non-Conservative vote has to coalesce around one of the candidates, and currently it’s not doing that.”

Both the Green Party and the NDP have long-advocated Canada’s first-past the post system be reformed, with the Greens advocating for a “proportional representation” system and the NDP arguing for a “mixed member proportional” system

Mackenzie, who served as a policy analyst with the citizen’s assembly on electoral reform in Ontario in 2006, said that it’s a “very good way to assess the electoral system” as political parties have vested interests in how elections are conducted and a citizen’s assembly would be a “randomly selected group of people representing the population as a whole.”

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Let’s hope this new party learns from the mistakes that destroyed the BC Liberals/United and backs proportional representation this time.

#bcpoli @karinkirkpatrick.bsky.social

NEW - Former BC Liberal/BC United MLA @karinkirkpatrick.bsky.social has launched a new political party called Centre BC. It comes after Kevin Falcon withdrew BC United from the provincial election but remains the party leader. #bcpoli

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Over 1,600 volunteers.

300,000+ doorhangers.

Nearly 70% of Canadians support us.

The time for proportional representation is now. Let’s make history—politicians must get on the right side of it.

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Democracy shouldn't be a guessing game.

Vote for who you believe in—and get the representation you deserve.

Demand proportional representation!

#cdnpoli #Election2025

Marit Stiles🟧

President Trump is playing dangerous games with people’s livelihoods. This is a gut punch—for Windsor families and for our economy. Thousands of auto jobs are now up in the air.

We need to fight for every job and worker—with real support, smart solutions, and unity.

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Now Toronto on Bluesky

NDP Leader #JagmeetSingh has a plan to protect Canada from Donald Trump’s #tradewar. #Election2025

APTN News on Bluesky

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

When asked for his election pitch to Indigenous voters, Singh said the NDP will fight to advance Indigenous rights.

For more on the NDP’s federal election campaign, APTN News spoke with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh about his party’s pledges on Indigenous issues, his meetings with First Nations leaders and the future of the party.

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As Chair of Brookfield, Mark Carney used offshore tax havens like Bermuda to dodge paying taxes in Canada.

While Canadians pay more for less, corporations play by different rules.

Only the NDP fight for tax fairness.