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submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 22 hours ago

Add 62 seats to the Parliament to make it a nice 400 seats

Distribute the new seats based on the % of votes each party got to make the results as proportional as possible, they're distributed to the party leader first (if they didn't get elected in their riding) then to the candidates with the highest % of vote in their riding.

Ta-fucking-da, no need to change the way people vote, it's all done behind the scene!

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Isn't this basically how MMP works?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Most MMP systems have two separate votes, one local, one for a party, but yes it's a form of MMP but it doesn't involve changing the way people vote at the moment.

[-] k_rol@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago
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