Ontario’s recent election results signal Canada’s wider democratic dilemma Ontario’s June election was one for change and Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives emerged the victors. Unfortunately, many voters believe their vote didn’t count. Thanks to our first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system, they’re right. Once again, there’s an overwhelming majority provincial government in Canada elected by a minority
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As Liberals Retreat, Canadians Want to Advance Democratic Reform
on February 6th, 2017
The results of the MyDemocracy.ca poll show a remarkably broad consensus that winner-take-all politics is not what Canadians want A recent Canadian Press story carried a headline claiming that Canadians are content with our electoral system. Really? A better headline for the story by Terry Pedwell would have been: “Eighty per cent of Canadians believe
