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Great history lesson on how we got rid the unfair partisan district drawing.

I can't wait for the future article titled: How Canada ended first-past-the-post

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

-Looks around at Saskatchewan where the (smaller) rural vote is given more seats than the more populated cities-

Wut?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eventually, in 1955, one province — Manitoba — decided to experiment, and handed over the redistricting process to an independent commission. Its members were the province’s chief justice, its chief electoral officer, and the University of Manitoba president. The new policy became popular, and within a decade, it was backed by both major national parties, and signed into law.

The trick is to appoint nonpartisan commissioners...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The trick is to FIND non-partisan commissioners. That may be hard in America where "count every vote" is somehow partisan.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I am disappointed. It seems "Mounties" is used to mean Canadians, and not the actual Mounties.

Otherwise a good overview and background for a USA Supreme Court case.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

"Mounties" is used to mean Canadians, and not the actual Mounties

That's dumb. I don't know everyone, but I also know no one who'd refer to anyone other than our nationwide cops as "mounties".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It seems "Mounties" is used to mean Canadians, and not the actual Mounties.

Keep up misusing that word and we'll start Mountie'ing your mom.