Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada (FVC) is a grassroots multi-partisan citizens' campaign for voting system reform. We promote the introduction of an element of proportional representation into elections for all levels of government and throughout civil society.

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May 28, 2019

Fair Vote Canada applauds Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s call for a new kind of politics

Fair Vote Canada applauds the commitment of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, running as independents, to champion electoral reform in the 2019 federal election.

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Apr 4, 2019

Expulsion of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott a Symptom of Our Broken Electoral System

“If we had proportional representation, scandals involving interference by the Prime Minister’s office in a prosecution probably wouldn’t have happened in the first place,“ says Fair Vote Canada.

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Feb 21, 2019

Jody Wilson-Raybould supported Proportional Representation

What many Canadians may not know is that in 2015, Jody Wilson-Raybould clearly and strongly supported proportional representation.

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Jan 17, 2019

In 2019, I'm voting for proportional representation

As the 2019 election year gears up, Fair Vote Canada encourages people to vote with proportional representation in mind.

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Nov 7, 2018

An Open Letter to the Urban Development Institute

Fair Vote Canada issues an open letter to the Urban Development Institute.

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Oct 30, 2018

Proportional Representation and Economy

Fair Vote Canada releases a new video outlining how Proportional Representation impacts economies.

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Sep 18, 2018

It’s the first-past-the-post system, not the voters, that enables Ford to overrule the Charter, says Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada reports on Doug Ford overruling the charter and how it can be seen as a consequence of the the First-past-the-post system.

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Jun 8, 2018

Ontario voters cheated by first-past-the-post with PC false majority

This Ontario election has shown more than most elections that our First-past-the-post voting system is broken,” says Réal Lavergne, President of Fair Vote Canada.

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Apr 5, 2018

First-past-the-post magnifies vulnerability to Cambridge Analytica style manipulation in Canada

The sensitivity of our first-past-the-post system to small shifts in voter preferences leads to hyper-partisan behaviour and increases the incentives to engage in dirty tricks and wedge politics.

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Feb 9, 2018

Anniversary of the broken promise – proportional representation not going away!

Electoral reform is not going away and, despite the broken promise federally, has considerable momentum at the provincial level. British Columbia, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island are moving forward.

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