Fairvote Canada
What is This Group is About?
De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?
The unofficial non-partisan Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.
🗳️Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.
Le mouvement non officiel et non partisan de Lemmy visant à introduire la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.
🗳️Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.
- A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems
- What is First-Past-The-Post (FPTP)?
- What is Proportional Representation (PR)?
- What is a Citizens’ Assembly?
- Why Referendums Aren't Necessary
- The 219 Corrupt MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform
Related Communities/Communautés Associées
Resources/Ressources
Official Organizations/Organisations Officielles
- List of Canadian friends of Democracy Bluesky
- Fair Vote Canada: Bluesky
- Fair Voting BC: Bluesky
- Charter Challenge for Fair Voting: Bluesky
- Electoral Renewal Canada: Bluesky
- Vote16: Bluesky
- Longest Ballot Committee: Bluesky
- ~~Make Votes Equal / Make Seats Match Votes~~
- Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (IRV for municipal elections)
We're looking for more moderators, especially those who are of French and indigenous identities.
Politiques de modération de contenu
Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.
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This is the same problem Democrats experience with "leftists" (read: auth-left) in the US
usually the issue is democrats dont persue anything the left wants ever but still expect the left to show up for them. and then pikachu face'd when they lose elections.
What like reforms for the working class, making it easier for new homebuyers to purchase a home, eliminating student loan debt, etc.? Yeah nothing the left wants ever.
Inb4 "but they didn't burn down capitalism so none of that counts!!"
tl;dr - None of those were on offer during the election by harris (or the democrats) platform. If you thought they were you're grossly misinformed. If you're going to spout nonsense make sure you have a leg to stand on. If they were and harris wasnt a genocidal ass she might have won.
but I shall address each in turn:
Now let see what the left has been asking for:
See the difference? its pretty stark. The student loan is the only example you gave that is even remotely aligned with left interests and honestly its mainly because of the inability to claim bankruptcy and the lack of living wages causing the issues. we dont care about forgiveness per say and forgiveness was never on offer anyways biden only offered 50k and walked that back to 10k.
Now lets see the major accomplishments during biden admin:
Both were corporate give aways. (AKA: kick backs to the oligarchs for their donations to both parties sold as 'job creation')
If the democrats were 1% as effective as trump and the republicans are at passing left wing initiatives they'd never lose an election.
oh and go read this. tell me the democrats support left wing initiatives after reading it.
This is really the biggest reason to support PR! A multitude of parties means everyone can vote for the one they like rather than having to hold their nose while voting for the lesser of two evils.
Even setting aside the differences in election outcome, just having the ability to vote for the party you really like and having your vote count feels really good.
I held my nose to try to stop Ford last week. I would love to just vote for who I thought would do the best job, not against who I don't want.