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The unofficial 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 de Lemmy visant à amener 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.

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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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An example from Japan's Proportional Representation system (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/fairvote@lemmy.ca

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The ruling coalition in Japan's Lower House is facing a resounding defeat, and an opposition coalition government could be on the horizon.

This was made possible in part by Proportional Representation. Looking at the latest election data:

https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/00/tousen_toukaku_hirei.html

The ones with a white cell on the right column are PR representative-elects, and grey cells are the candidates that won their local district in a traditional tally.

One major beneficiary is the Japanese Communist Party (violet), who only won 1 race in the FPTP portion, but because they had sizeable supports nation wide, has 7 total seats at the governing table.

This doesn't only help 3rd parties. The incumbent (red) and leading opposition (blue) parties locked in dead heats in many races, have elected some candidates from the PR field. That way the voice of the group that made 2nd place are not fully lost on the final result.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is all to say that PR would be a net positive for everyone in Canada too, whichever party you support.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's awesome to hear as they have 9 parties being represented. Though communists do not tend to succeed much in Japan's politics as I have heard.

Its always great to have the diversity in the voice of the government to adequately address the complex needs of the country.

It sounds like Japan has different election rules by prefecture?