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[–] 45 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Gee, if only a major prime minister candidate were to promise to end first-past-the-post voting as a major campaign issue, and I was to vote for said candidate's party on that basis, and they were to not flagrantly renege on that promise right after being elected.

There are times when I find myself in grudging sympathy for those "fuck Trudeau" bumper stickers. There weren't better options at the time and he did accomplish a few other things that were good, but that one was really important IMO. Fundamental to the long-term health of Canadian democracy.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    On a per capita basis we had a lost decade as the cost of living exploded for non-asset holders. We did manage to beat Luxembourg however, in the entire 38 countries of the OECD, so we have that going for us which is nice.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I think the promise was "the last unfair election"

    The problem is JT (or, probably, more accurately, Gerald Butts) thought that Ranked Ballot was a fairer system.

    But pure RB is still a majoritarian system, and is even less proportional (thus less fair IMHO) than FPTP. Once the ERRE made that assessment, it was the end of any "reform".

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