Motion 86 called on the federal government to establish a citizens’ assembly on electoral reform. It failed to pass in the House of Commons, but more than 100 MPs voted in favour — revealing some cross-party support. Here’s what that means for your vote.
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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.
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.
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?
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.
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.