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The NDP must fulfill Justin Trudeau’s broken promise on electoral reform (canadiandimension.com)
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It should be made clear that Trudeau still rejects proportional representation—a system where parties get seats based on their vote percentage—and continues to partially blame opposition parties for his own inaction. He still prefers a ranked ballot system—where you number your preferred candidates in order on your ballot—which would not have made “every vote count” as he pledged in 2015. A recent article from NDP MP Matthew Green and Joseph Gubbels showcases Trudeau’s flawed approach to reform.

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[–] slowbyrne@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you believe Ranked is the best that's fine, but suggesting we can push for alternative voting systems after is just not realistic. The temporary solution almost always becomes the permanent one.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

FPTP sucks. Media amplifies its suckitude by not polling districts and letting you be informed on which candidate is a wasted vote if you are ABC for example.

One of Trump's more corrupt than average acts was telling his party to vote against an anti-immigrant bill. Politicians making things worse so you stay angry and hateful so that you turn out to vote for the politician who keeps you angry and hateful, is a weakness of democracy and the corruption we are stuck in.

There is no actual impediment to improving anything in society. Instead of collapsing society first, it is actually easier to make small optimizations if you don't live in a dumpster fire. You are acknowledging broken corrupt system if you need the dumpster fire to get bigger for progressive views to take hold.