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    Die neue Mehrheitsregierung von Mark Carney dürfte erneute Forderungen nach einer Wahlreform auslösen

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    1. RedditSux5912 on

      True, one party state anyone? I admire China’s system personally.

      /s

    3. free-canadian on

      The Liberals would’ve lost 2019 and 2021 if it wasn’t for FPTP. They’re never letting it go, get over it.

    5. TheOtherSackville on

      I have never forgiven Justin Trudeau for his bait-and-switch promise of electoral reform. Rat bastard.

    6. Knukehhh on

      If they did that they wouldn’t get elected to fill the pockets of friends, family, and launder tax payer money over seas.  

    7. Tuckebarry on

      Why do we keep calling it a ’new‘ government? It’s the same ministers who just swapped positions

    8. The--Majestic--Goose on

      People need to start forcing the issue. Contact your MP, and your MLA or MPP. Let them know you give a damn about democracy and want to see a more representative system. Proportional representation is objectively more fair and democratic. Even though a majority of Liberals don’t support it, many of them do. Public pressure can make a difference. Fairvote.ca is a great resource for everything related to proportional representation in this country, and a good way to stay up to date with the latest news on electoral reform.

    9. ersevni on

      > a greater number of political parties have smaller portions of seats, and must negotiate among themselves to form a coalition majority government or support a minority government on a case-by-case basis.

      Anyone that believes this would be a better system is completely naive. Having to keep everyone’s interests in mind to get anything done is a perfect recipe for stagnation.

      I can’t think of anything worse than to have to appease a bunch of small fringe factions to get anything done

    10. Canuckleball on

      The next time the Liberals need the NDP to prop up a minority, they need to play hardball on proportional representation. No other demands, no referendum, no committees, adopt either URP or MMP for the next federal election or good luck passing any legislation. 

    12. _Lucille_ on

      No FPTP elected party will change the system in a way to ensure they cannot get a majority again by changing the system.

      Even in provinces where the NDP is in charge, they are still using FPTP (though BC did try to push for STV and failed)

    13. SyrGwynHeroofAshvale on

      Despite what we say online, the Canadian people have proven time and time again that they’re not willing to accept any type of electoral reform.

    15. moxievernors on

      It’s also a call for reform in how Parliament and the parties operate. MPs in the UK and Australia have a lot more power within the party structure. Here they’re just sheep required to vote the party line as needed.

      We need more free votes and less top down party discipline. Backbenchers should be free to publicly dissent from their leadership without automatically being punished. MPs should be representing their riding in Parliament, not the voice of the party speaking back to their constituents. And this is true for all parties. Justin had a reputation for ignoring his MPs, and the current slate of floor crossers obviously feel the same way about Pierre.

      Not that the electoral system doesn’t need changing, but that’s not the only thing.

    17. IrishFire122 on

      WTF? Parties are there as political vehicles to get things done faster. The MP represents your interests, not the party. The party represents its own interests.

      Lots of people need to learn how our government works, it seems.

    18. Silverbacks on

      Screw it, lets do a lottery system like jury duty. 500 Canadians between the ages of 18-65, with a fairly proportional spread for the provinces/racial/gender/income demographics. Then every year 100 of them drop off and a new 100 get brought in, so no one can be in for more than 5 years.

      A true government of the people.

    19. Bjartrfroskr on

      Politicians uses politics to secure political advantage. Millions shocked.

    20. Tyrocious on

      It’s never going to happen.

      Why would anyone who benefits from our broken electoral system (by being voted in) do anything to fix it?

    21. Coachrags on

      I’m all for electoral reform but maybe this wouldn’t have occurred had conservatives, including PP, voted yes instead of no on the NDP bill to stop floor crossings…

    22. GhettoLennyy on

      Thing is Canadians didn’t vote for a liberal majority. I have no opinion on if the majority will be bad or good, I can only say it wasn’t voted for

    23. LavisAlex on

      The conspiracy side of me feels like Carney was some CPC op to convert the Liberal party into the CPC party as it used to be as the current CPC is basically lost to more extreme right whims.

    25. Viking4949 on

      Getting a majority without an election was genius in my mind.

      Of course there will be a push to change the rules.

    26. potato-truncheon on

      We need election reform and an actual functioning Competition Bureau.

    27. PostalBowl on

      *Should* do the right thing.
      Is it true only Canada, the US and England use first past the post anymore? I don’t know about you but the United States and England are not fairing well and Canada is under threat. The Liberals owe us for their majority, and it should be something we really want, which is election reform… it’s quid pro quo.

    28. spinosaurs70 on

      The basic issue here is that with the majority of Canadians wanting the liberals, the democratic deficit argument of the 2010s is gone so no one besides election nerds for good or bad will care. 

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