Fair Vote Canada welcomed the news that the NDP's MPs Craig
Scott and Alexandrine Latendresse will be touring this spring and in the fall
to consult with Canadians about proportional representation. At the Montreal convention, the NDP confirmed
their longstanding commitment to voting reform, in particular, the Mixed Member
Proportional (MMP) system. In a MMP
system, a voter usually has two ballots, one for the seat in their riding, and
another ballot for a political party.
The second ballot is used to fill at-large seats so the number of seats
for each party reflects the popular vote.
On Twitter, Scott reported a super start of the 2 year
tour. In this video, Scott says, "We
must be committed to fixing this incredibly broken electoral system. A system
that, with less than 40% of the vote, produced a government that has a
non-mandate to dismantle this country, but nonetheless is going about exactly
that. Ever since the late 1970s when Ed Broadbent began the process of
convincing this party that we needed to change the first-past-the-post system,
to Tom Mulcair who was adamant during the leadership race that we also had to
change this, the NDP has stood for fixing our electoral system. We have to
start with the next election. We have to begin the consultations now.”
We encourage you to email us if you would like to propose
a Saskatchewan stop on the tour.
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