Category: Current Events
Commentary on current events in the world of democratic reform
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Provincial Elections Show Need for New Voting Systems
Voters Consistently Ignored With Single Member Plurality A slew of recent provincial election results under the current Single Member Plurality voting system shows just how common it is for voters’ expressed intentions to be largely ignored in the makeup of the resulting legislature, and therefore how large swaths of the population end up not being…
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Host a Video Night to Celebrate National Democracy Week Sep 12-18
Invite Your Friends and Neighbours Fair Voting BC invites you to host a video night with your friends and neighbours during the week of September 12-18 to celebrate National Democracy Week; this is a great opportunity to break out the popcorn and talk about an important issue that doesn’t necessarily come up in everyday conversation.…
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FVBC Invites Point Grey Hopefuls to All-Candidates Meeting
Fair Voting BC to Host All-Candidates Meeting Tuesday, May 3rd On April 13th, Premier Christy Clark called a by-election to be held in Vancouver-Point Grey on May 11th. By the close of nominations on April 23rd, six candidates had registered to run: Christy Clark (Lib), David Eby (NDP), Francoise Raunet (Green), Danielle Alie (BC First),…
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Why Are We Having Another Election?
Frequent Elections Are Due to Parliamentary ‘Blackmail’ Many people have asked why we’re having another federal election barely two years after the last one. The Prime Minister has blamed this on the opposition parties, saying that they have forced an election, while the opposition leaders say that the government has been found in contempt and…
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“Did He Really Use The C-Word?”
The current federal election campaign has been notable for a sustained dispute not only over the legitimacy of a coalition (C-word #1), but, at a deeper level, over the foundational principle of parliamentary confidence itself (C-word #2). Fair Voting BC believes that it is crucial both for the future of our current democratic system and…
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Worst of Both Worlds: Why First-Past-the-Post No Longer Works
The British Institute for Public Policy Research today released a report entitled “Worst of Both Worlds: Why First-Past-the-Post No Longer Works“. The abstract for the report is as follows: “In a time of greater political pluralism, British politics is no longer well served by a voting system that was designed for a two-party era. Nor…