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[–] 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

When will the liberal party pass the electoral reform they were elected to pass?

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  • [+] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They will with enough pressure. This negative attitude is useless.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Pressure as it "voting for other people" and "nationwide general strike" or pressure as in "Thoughts and prayers" online?

    Because the first isn't going to happen, as evident by this election, and the second hasn't achieved anything so far, and will continue to achive nothing because it isn't actually pressure.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Its a stretch but I'm hoping with a liberal minority there is chance the NDP could advocate for electoral reform as negotiation point. Its a stretch but I feel like its the only way it could happen.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    how come no one remembers that WE had a referendum for voting reform and WE voted it down? everyone keeps blaming the liberals when it was the dumb ass population who fucked that up.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "One vote never changed anything," said ten million people.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm Indigenous and I have family and friends who live throughout the north.

    I couldn't believe the recent Ontario election for the representative for Mushkegowuk-James Bay ... the NDP candidate won it by 9 votes

    And I have a ton of people in all those northern communities who all don't vote because none of them believe that it is worth it because they are Native.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Please show them these margins. it's crazy to me how small the number of votes are per riding and really puts everything into perspective

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I'm in a riding that is consistently held by the conservatives, and not by a small amount. There are something like 40-50k votes cast in my riding and the difference between lib and conservative was about 6k.

    I still go out and vote, because some day the 6k difference might be 12 individual votes....

    If the conservatives win by a handful of votes, and I didn't vote, I don't think I could forgive myself.

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  • I heard that there were some communities where voting closed super early. Under circumstances like that, I can sympathise with people who feel that there's no point in voting; there were people who went out to vote but weren't able to, and that must be so demoralising

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If somebody tells you voting is pointless, they are voting for somebody you wouldn't vote for.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't really think that's the case. If you live in an exceptionally partisan area then there's little impact to voting.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That depends on your voting system.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Right, but this is a Canadian community about the recent Canadian election. The voting system is assumed.

    In my riding, if you only had the option of liberal or conservative and a 100% turnout we would still have elected the same blue brick for the 4th time.

    Usually this just means I get to vote for whatever party I like the platform enough of/like the leader.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yeah, so the Conservatives won with like 80% in my riding. I voted, but I also wondered why while doing it. Man, I wish we had proportional rep.

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    [–] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Any time someone claims "my one vote doesn't matter" I reply with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_close_election_results

    Yes, there are a lot of elections that are decided by a very small number of votes.

    As the saying goes: "The only wasted vote is the one left uncast."

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Canada out there making us feel jealous with their "multiple parties" and "meaningful votes"

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm worried our multiple parties could disappear after this election :( I understand why it happened but I hope the trend doesn't continue to a two party liberal vs conservative system in Canada

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    [–] [S] 18 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    Those anarchists, tankies, fascists and authoritarians who claim this are just trying to sabotage democracy.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or it's people who feel disenfranchised.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    anarchists, tankies, fascists and authoritarians

    Spot the odd one out!

    I've definitely seen anarchists describe frustration with electoral politics, especially when people limit their political engagement to simply voting once every so many years. However, I've never seen one advocate against voting.

    Anarchists are generally aware that, despite elections not being the thing that will overthrow the bourgeoisie, some parties result in less suffering for oppressed peoples than others.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    I mean I voted but I live in Alberta and don't live in Calgary or Edmonton. Tell me my vote mattered.

    Here's a link to the results https://globalnews.ca/news/11130642/canada-election-2025-results-leduc-wetaskiwin/

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That vote increases funding to the area for progressive outreach and causes. You won't change the entire province with a wole new order but you are part of showing that Alberta isn't a lost cause to the left.

    Seriously, this shows left wing lobbiests, charities, politicians, etc. That they can do something in the province. In the end all it may mean is easier access to insulin pumps or less cuts to medical services but that definitly matters.

    It's easy to look at the big picture and grow hostile but your vote does matter.

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, there were a lot of close ones this time.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    35 difference in Terrebonne riding in QC, Liberals won.

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