Fair Vote Canada congratulates Mark Carney on winning the Liberal Party leadership. Carney’s leadership opens up the possibility for progress on proportional representation.
The instant run-off ranked ballots leads to the same 2 party entrenchment, hostile politics and worse government performance on issues as seen with Australia.
We should not deny anyone representation if they have enough of the share of the vote.
You can have ranked ballots and proportionality with the single-transferable vote.
Big tent parties are still fractured, it’s just that all the arguing happens behind the scenes out of the public eye. With PR you could actually vote on the issues that were most important, and then watch the debates play out in public.
Besides, you aren’t dreaming big enough. Imagine if politicians actually cooperated rather than tearing each other down.
The instant run-off ranked ballots leads to the same 2 party entrenchment, hostile politics and worse government performance on issues as seen with Australia.
We should not deny anyone representation if they have enough of the share of the vote.
You can have ranked ballots and proportionality with the single-transferable vote.
I agree and am not opposed to PR. I only worry about the fracturing of the electorate.
Big tent parties are still fractured, it’s just that all the arguing happens behind the scenes out of the public eye. With PR you could actually vote on the issues that were most important, and then watch the debates play out in public.
Besides, you aren’t dreaming big enough. Imagine if politicians actually cooperated rather than tearing each other down.