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The Ford Government is a perfect case study in the failings of one-party governments. The greenbelt scandal also comes to mind. A one-party government will always try to get away with whatever it can against the will of the voters, and it leads to inconsistent policy and lots of wasted time.

Let’s call this what it is: punishing downtown ridings with bike lanes because they don’t vote PC, trying to win over suburban swing voters instead. With proportional representation, every vote counts. Even downtown votes matter. It’s time to demand change. #onpoli

No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/14/n...

Here are the crosstabs from yesterday's poll from Research Co. But don't just take one poll for granted, over the last two decades, there have been many polls conducted on proportional representation in Canada. Most show overwhelming support for its implementation. See here: www.fairvote.ca/polls/

Time and time again, Canadians have made themselves clear. Between public consultation at the 2016 ERRE committee, and poll-after-poll, Canadians want proportional representation. It's time for our elected officials to take some accountability and follow through with electoral reform.

Imagine being able to rank candidates and having multiple MPs elected for your region. That's STV, one form of proportional representation where party standings reflect voter preferences.

Does your local MP really matter? Ask the voters Under First-Past-the-Post democracy, we put a lot of stake in our local representative. However, Canadian voters tend to focus more on the party that they support than the candidates themselves. open.substack.com/pub/electora...

"A voting system that effectively bins 3/5ths of all votes cast is leading to alienation & distrust, as stated in the party programme before the 2024 election.. The government must set up a National Commission to design a better electoral system for a better democracy" 🌹 @sandyofipswich.bsky.social

Once more, I make the case for electoral reform, now more than ever. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The last time that anyone but a Conservative, Reform or PC MP was elected in rural Alberta was *1968*. In 2025, nearly 20% of Albertans outside of Calgary and Edmonton voted Liberal. "Safe seats" created by First-Past-the-Post deny Canadians their right to fair representation.

One of the election night narratives was that expected Liberal gains in Alberta did not materialize. While the Liberals stayed at 2 MPs, their vote share massively increased. In 2021, Liberals received 300k votes in Alberta (15%). This time, they got 630k (28%). They doubled it.

One of Mark Carney's first priorities should be depolarizing our politics and protecting us from foreign-funded disinformation and other deliberate attempts at division. The best way to do that? Electoral reform. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/30/o...

The @ndp.ca hold the balance of power. @mark-carney.bsky.social says he's open to electoral reform. And a citizens' assembly on electoral reform has been official @liberalca.bsky.social policy since their 2023 convention. What are we waiting for? Let’s end first-past-the-post now! #Election2025

Only just started going through the numbers in this election, but to me it seems like "strategic voting" was purely beneficial towards the Liberals. No matter who the pre-election "favourite" in a riding was, there were big swings to the Liberals. In some cases, this handed wins to Conservatives.

1/18 “This is what a two-party system looks like.” — Chantal Hebert, CBC Election Night 2025 First-past-the-post is failing voters. It fuels division, strategic voting, and regional shutouts—while pushing Canada closer to U.S.-style hyperpolarization. #election2025 #cdnpoli 🧵

The folks at @fairvote.ca and @electoralrenewalca.bsky.social have done fantastic work sharing why electoral reform is so important and the idea seems to have more support than ever. Tomorrow, let’s all call our new MPs and tell them that this truly needs to be the last FPTP election in Canada.

Yes, please. If the Liberal party made a concrete promise on electoral reform, they would have my vote. Not the JT we-will-look-into-it promise, but a real one. Not just any electoral reform but a system based on proportional representation. No more strategic voting would be necessary.

"People don’t know how much they want electoral reform “Wasted vote” is a phrase that is heard by every volunteer, even in close races ... If we want more people voting, let us build a system that doesn’t punish new candidates and hand a win to the minority of votes (proportional representation)."

Mark Carney said today that, while electoral reform is not a priority, he believes the Prime Minister should be neutral as avenues for reform are explored. We agree, which is why we believe that the Liberal Party should endorse a National Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform.

Liberal partisans: We can’t have proportional representation—it might give extremists a platform. Also Liberal partisans: You must vote Liberal or the CPC—who they say are extremists—could win a majority with just 40% of the vote. Hard to miss the irony. #cdnpoli

This article is a simple introduction to why Canada needs electoral reform, and why it is more relevant than ever. Subscribe to my substack for more analysis! electoralrenewalcanada.substack.com/p/why-canada...

Nobody needs to defend Trudeau's handling of electoral reform- he's not running for office. The report was unambiguous: - The government should design a proportional election system. - The overwhelming share of pro-reform testimony favoured proportional representation.

Over the last couple years, we have seen the emergence of "Strategic Voting" tools, such as @smartvoting.ca and VoteWell. These are tools to guide voters to the best "strategic" vote to defeat a conservative in their district. Let's talk about what this means for our democracy.

Help us put proportional representation ads during the leaders' debate! Winner-take-all politics are dividing Canada. It's time for a system that reflects how we vote! Chip in now! www.fairvote.ca/help-buy-tv-...

Assuming that the polls hold up until E-day, its possible that the Conservatives are on track for one of their worst ever performances in Alberta. But did you know that, since 2021, the Conservative have been massively overrepresented in the province?

I've gone back and forth about the Longest Ballot, but I'll say they're great at generating visibility for electoral reform. Volunteers at orgs like @fairvote.ca waste a lot of time dispelling low-effort disinformation from partisans. It's preferable when we get a chance to elevate our own voices.

The First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) election system is reinforcing divisions among Canadians. Because of how the system works, the region differences in the vote are exaggerated. Let me explain:

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?...

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.

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?

This is unprecedented. 1,500+ volunteers have signed up to deliver 170,000+ PR door hangers in 100+ ridings—and demand is still surging. But we can only keep up if we can fund more prints. Help us reach hundreds of thousands more voters—chip in today: secure.fairvote.ca/en/civicrm/c...

With the election coming up, I'd like to emphasize that you can also find my analysis and advocacy on Instagram. I would appreciate your support on any platform that you are on! www.instagram.com/electoralren...

The @ontarioliberal.bsky.social and @bonnieforontario.bsky.social refused to commit to proportional representation. Now they’re calling themselves “the People’s Opposition” after being shortchanged by the system they’ve upheld. Instead of this cynicism, commit to making every vote count. #onpoli

Two-party systems are bad democracy, it's that simple. When the two dominant parties are widely unpopular, this would be fertile ground for the growth of a third party in a proportional system. Winner-take-all First-Past-the-Post gives a chokehold to big parties. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

With all the talk of US-Canada trade, did you know the first Canada-US Free Trade agreement hinged on our election system? Turner's Liberals and Broadbent's NDP opposed the agreement, while Mulroney's PCs supported it. The election was called after the Senate refused to pass the agreement.

It's worth noting that @kayabagaarielle.bsky.social was one of 39 MPs to vote in favour of a Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform in 2023. The new Liberal government should support a Citizen's Assembly so that there are no more conflicts of interest in who decides how MPs are elected. #cdnpoli

I want to lend some credit to this thread to a couple people. @electionatlasca.bsky.social runs a fantastic website, www.election-atlas.ca, which I have relied on extensively in my advocacy. Also, @awmcphee.ca's House of Commons cartograms are a great example of election mapping done right.

Elections maps, like the one below, are misleading. They aren't incorrect. They provide about the same information as a list of elected officials and where they are from. But they don't actually show how people voted. But this kind of distortion can have implications. (1/6)

76% of Canadians support electoral reform—so why are our leaders ignoring it? @canadiangreens.bsky.social MP @morricemike.bsky.social is calling proportional representation, but partisan roadblocks stand in the way. It's time to make every vote count! #cdnpoli #onpoli

In the recent Liberal Leadership Election, Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney won with an overwhelming 86.8% of the popular vote. More than Trudeau in 2013 and Poilievre in 2022.

Great question! I wrote to my MPP (a Liberal) and they indicated that they opposed our current system on the basis of disproportionality. I think the best thing you can do is talk to people in your life about it, but group like @fairvote.ca do more organizing and probably have specific advice.

Did strategic voting matter in the Ontario Election? My verdict is that a large number of people DID vote strategically in this election. However, I don't believe it was a determining factor. It did deliver a massive advantage to sitting MPPs. Let's look at the numbers. (1/6)

I can only imagine that, if the BC Conservatives had been granted a one-seat majority, that Brodie probably would not have been thrown out. Speaks to the insane leverage that individual MPs can wield in narrowly elected, one-party governments.

The results of the 2025 Ontario General Election in Ottawa by polling station.

Wow, the Liberals were the most popular party in Toronto, but were elected in fewer districts than both the PCs and NDP. PC - 10 seats // 34% votes NDP - 8 seats // 23.3% votes Liberal - 7 seats // 38.4% votes Can't think of another example this glaring off of the top of my head.

One of the issues with our election system that doesn't get enough airtime is differences in the voting population of different ridings. Brampton West had ~34,000 voters and Brampton Centre had ~24,000. It's not even just turnout, Brampton West has a population 55% higher.

Don't agonize over the election results—organize. Most of the Western world uses proportional representation. It’s time we did too. Join Fair Vote Canada (sign-up link in replies) and help build a better democracy for Ontario and all of Canada!

Both the NDP and Greens are committed to making every vote count in Ontario with proportional representation! The others? Not so much. Remember, the best strategic vote is to elect those who will fix the system—so you’ll never have to worry about wasted votes or false majorities again!