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Electoral reform didn’t happen. What it means for your vote
yewtu.beMotion 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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Producer/host: Avneet Dhillon
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Senior producer: Amara McLaughlin
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Failed 2015 Liberal promise of electoral reform
0:35 - First-past-the-post
1:23 - Proportional representation
1:39 - Mixed member proportional
1:58 - Ranked ballot
2:42 - Young voters on educating the public on electoral reform
3:01 - Votes on Motion 86: Citizens' assembly on electoral reform
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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 QUÉBÉCOIS
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.