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Australia would probably deny him entry like they did with Cadence Owens before he would even reach the city.

Stop using Zuckerberg's services and just use Friendica instead!

We shouldn’t push for a referendum as those have a high likelihood of failing, New Zealand and Switzerland were very lucky in getting theirs passed.

Most countries get their system of proportional representation when the mps under different banners work together to pass it. We must pressure the conservatives and liberals to support electoral reform!

https://www.fairvote.ca/how-democracies-adopted-proportional-representation/

Canada has had 9 failed referendums:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Electoral_reform_referendums_in_Canada

Sounds like low quality filler.

People in Germany do not find mixed-member proportional complicated. It’s only from our frame of reference that we believe it as such.

You can do both have a general strike and support smaller parties who are much more pro-union.

https://cupe.ca/our-election-system-unfair-we-can-make-it-better

I have mixed feelings about Proportional Representation, I’m worried it would lessen the “local candidate” element of the election. I like the concept of voting for a local representative from my area in Parliament, no matter their party affiliation.

That is a misnomer as proportional representation is a family of electoral systems. The party-lists is the electoral system that lacks the local representation however Mixed-Member Proportional & Single Transferable Vote both retain it.

I suppose we could go with PR/STV and triple the amount of representatives to still have some sort of local area representative scheme… but that could get expensive and unwieldy very quick.

The elections would cost the same as it would only cost money at first to convert the system from first-past-the-post to the single transferable vote / mixed-member proportional.

I said voting out the current two parties is unrealistic.

It worked in Quebec, the bloc supplanted the conservatives and liberals in many of their ridings. We need to have more regional parties and a larger push for proportional representation from the conservatives and liberals. Blue and Red are only so powerful thanks to our donations, volunteering and positive reinforcements. Take that away and they will be shells of their formerselves.

You will lay on the floor doing nothing while claiming you're "realistic"

This conversation is not productive, stop being self defeatist and start working on solutions.

That's such a strawman as I have never said to "only vote." There are many things people can do to pressure the government.

Those people could also set up their own regional party to get their voices better heard in parliament like the bloc have successfully done, I'm not saying to "only vote."