Space 2335 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Even though it 100% won't matter, I sorta had this weird thought today where I'm a voting adult. And that made me care a bit more about my own countries politics. So, if you're a Canadian, taking a minute to sign this petition would be cool, so maybe the Liberals will see that Canadians do care about electoral reform. Context: A promise of the liberal party was electoral reform, i.e. something to first past the post, which sucks ****. They've slowly backed out of this, then recently just said it's off the agenda. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-abandons-pledge-to-change-voting-system-before-2019-election/article33855925/ long live the queen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narthok 10416 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I am genuinely happy they didn't go through electoral reform. 1. he doesn't have the support of the majority of the country for the motion, 2. FPP is not a terrible system and is good for maintaining a stable government in a federation containing a variety of vastly different views and populations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeatonUnbeaten 1103 Share Posted February 3, 2017 only if canada rejoins the empire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski_king3 0 Share Posted February 3, 2017 First past the post is the literal bane of my existence. I will sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3r05t4r 855 Share Posted February 3, 2017 FPP sounds like **** and does not seem representative. But who am I to judge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuHanXianShi14 0 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Don't blame me I voted NDP in my riding to get rid of Harper. Obviously I put my money on the wrong horse but whatever... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space 2335 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Narthok said: I am genuinely happy they didn't go through electoral reform. 1. he doesn't have the support of the majority of the country for the motion, 2. FPP is not a terrible system and is good for maintaining a stable government in a federation containing a variety of vastly different views and populations. we don't know clearly if he has the support of the majority of the country, but we know the liberals ran on this campaign promise, and they won the election, so obviously people cared fpp is a terrible system and not as representative as other systems. i.e. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujamma Addict 514 Share Posted February 3, 2017 "that's what you get when you elect a high school drama teacher with a silver spoon up his ass to be leader of your country." I was forced to post this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
osumanduas 1442 Share Posted February 3, 2017 deported Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heff 2460 Share Posted February 3, 2017 lol canada Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanrahan 2983 Share Posted February 3, 2017 FPP makes it so I throw my Alberta vote away forever, thank god for bringing this to Canadians attention. Bless, sir, Bless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmat 7460 Share Posted February 3, 2017 We have the same flawed system but reform was shut down here with attack ads because the status quo benefit from it. Long live the queen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaw 964 Share Posted February 3, 2017 die liberal you bring shame on britania Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelan 1918 Share Posted February 3, 2017 A political party running on a platform of promises and then backing out of said promises?!?!?!?!! Oh my word, this is unheard of! Yeah, all governments in Canada, both provincially and federally suck. I mean, you get the NDP here in Manitoba a little while ago. They said they wouldn't increase our taxes, and then they go and unlawfully raise our sales tax as they steal from ManitobaHydro and put the money into general revenue to balance their crappy budgets because they invest so much in social programs. And then the Feds lying. Why would they change something they won with? I mean, if it's not broken from their point of view because they got into power, you don't need to fix it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRebecca 1050 Share Posted February 3, 2017 13 hours ago, Space said: I sorta had this weird thought today where I'm a voting adult. This just made me take a step back and go woah me too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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