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In the end, 88% of the experts the ERRE heard (invited and vetted by all parties) and 87% the public who testified were for PR. The ERRE online survey found strong support for both the principle of PR

The government should have the recommendation about electoral reform by Dec. 1. At the consultation, of the witnesses with a position on voting systems, 88% recommended proportional representation.

Fair Vote Canada makes the case for proportional representation to the federal government Special Committee on Electoral Reform and it's worth reading.

From July 25-28 the federal government's electoral reform committee will hold 7 hearings. Join the conversation on Twitter, watch the meetings live and help replace Canada's outdated electoral system.

Do you want to fight for electoral reform? Want to make 2019 the year all of our votes will count? Register now for Fair Vote Canada's AGM.

Fair Vote Canada is relieved and thrilled to see Prime Minister Trudeau's formation of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. The road to electoral reform starts now.

The Liberal Party platform stated that they will make every vote count and they will consider proportional representation and ranked ballots. Only proportional systems can make every vote count.

Opponents of electoral reform sometimes claim that proportional representation means amending the constitution or could be subject to a constitutional challenge. They're wrong.

Wendy Bergerud, a member of Fair Vote Canada's national council, a leader in Fair Vote Canada Victoria and a long time proportional representation activist passed away on March 8, 2016.

The new Liberal government has promised that 2015 was the last election using first-past-the-post. Fair Vote Canada invites you to join a two part webinar on voting Sunday February 21 at 7 PM EST.

A 'first-past-the-post' poem to lift your spirits and rouse you to action this holiday season.

Liberals won a majority with 39.5 per cent of the popular vote and more than half of all voters were unable to cast an effective ballot.

Fair Vote Canada commends the NDP for including proportional representation in their final election platform.

This election could signal dramatic changes to elements of our democracy.

Using some form of proportional voting increases better representation of women in government. We need to stop clinging to an outdated first-past-the-post system.

Canada's "winner-take-all" system in elections is not working. Here's what we need instead.

Canada's electoral system is failing democracy. We need a citizen-led consultation process and a new electoral model. Make every vote count!

The government's attempt to interfere with Elections Canada without opposition support and without consulting the Chief Electoral Officer is more proof of why we need a proportional voting system.

From January 2nd to 26th, 2014, MPs are in their home ridings. Now is the time to tell them that we want equal, effective votes: That we want proportional representation.

The concentration of power in the PMO plays a role in the depletion of trust in our democracy.

Looks like the Make Every Vote Count campaign is finally on the Conservative Party radar.

Phony majority governments are a common outcome of the current voting system.