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The unofficial Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels government in Canada.

Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.

Le mouvement non officiel de Lemmy visant à amener 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.

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There's many posts here with the purpose of convincing people to support electoral reform. Not so much that's actually actionable. What do we do if we want to change things? For a start, does anyone have information on who's responsible for the election system at each level of government in each of the major cities?

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[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I would suggest showing up to your town council meetings to bring up the topic, writing to your representatives, supporting those mps who backed electoral reform, donating to FairVote Canada, putting up posters around your town showing the benefits, speaking about the concept of proportional representation with your neighbours, friends and family.

For British Columbia I would blame the BCNDP for holding a referendum that was doomed to fail as it allowed big money to campaign against it with fearmongering the public that change is scary.

I have also heard that electoral reform is banned on the municipal level for British Columbia and Ontario.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Cross post to other communities.