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Avi Lewis's pledge to make proportional representation the NDP's one demand says he is serious about PR (www.fairvote.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fairvote@lemmy.ca
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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

It's a no-brainer IMO since they usually get about 2x as many votes than seats (percentage-wise in the past few federal elections). I'm not sure if the previous NDP caucus (I think that's the right term) made an attempt, but I was hoping they would try to.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    The most notable attempts of the previous NDP caucus were in Motions 76 and Motions 86.

    Motion 76, by Green MP Mike Morrice: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/mike-morrice(110476)/motions/12180488 This one didn't come to a vote.

    Motion 86, by NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/111023/motions/12517157 This one did come to a vote, but was Negatived (101 Yea / 220 Nay) by the usual suspects.

    • LPC: 39 Yea / 108 Nay
    • CPC: 3 Yea / 112 Nay
    • BQ: 30 Yea / 0 Nay
    • NDP: 24 Yea / 0 Nay
    • Independent: 3 Yea / 0 Nay
    • Green: 2 Yea / 0 Nay

    Unfortunately, both Mike Morrice and Lisa Marie Barron lost their seats in the last election to members of the conservative party due to vote splitting.

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