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The NDP should really make it a larger part of their platform.
In case anyone forgot:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/44/1/634?view=party
LIBERAL
Yea: 39
Nay: 108
Paired: 0
CONSERVATIVE
Yea: 3
Nay: 112
Paired: 0
BLOC QUΓBΓCOIS
Yea: 30
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
NDP
Yea: 24
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
INDEPENDENT
Yea: 3
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
GREEN PARTY
Yea: 2
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
And kudos to the Bloc, that definitely shows a tendency to follow what their voters want, even at their own loss.
The bloc is the party that's the closest to getting the number of seats that's proportional to the number of votes they get and they would probably gain from a proportional system.
This is just the latest indication that our parliament will never enact electoral reform. Where do we go from here?
I'm going to try voting for a party that says they will end first past the post voting, if there are any. Except the party that already have made that promise and not delivered. Fool me twice and all that.
NDP and Green then
NDP were saying it before the Liberals
Well, I guess the NDP do win seats sometimes. What about the Liberal and Conservative MPs who did vote for this bill? Would you vote for them, or are they too tainted by the parties they are affiliated with?
When did it even come to a vote? My understanding is they just glossed over entirely.
I'm leaning towards NDP over the others, but depends what they promise closer to the election.
All I'm saying is the Libs will never gain my vote for election reform. They may win my vote in other ways, but not that way.
Wow, even if the Liberal MP in question voted for this bill? I could understand that though.
Which bill? There was no bill.
er... what, did they call it a motion? The thing they just voted on. To form a Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform. Some Libs and Tories actually did vote for it. In fact, my MP, Ben Lobb (Con), voted for it. Good for that guy. I am actually considering voting for him next election because of this, even though I really don't agree with the rest of the Conservatives.
Why is this post 60% advertisements for the CBC?
That bill was worthless to start with. It had nothing to do with FPTP, and it never will if the LPC has anything to do with it. They have the most to lose from reforming that.
You mean even if the motion passed, there wouldn't have been a Citizen's Assembly?
The conservatives have the most to lose as the Liberals have the capacity to form an alliance with the NDP, the conservatives can only get in power if they can be elected with 40% of the vote or less.