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Fair Vote Canada is a national citizens' movement for proportional representation. Sign the Declaration and get involved at fairvote.ca/declaration

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 2h
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we stand with Indigenous communities. Reconciliation requires transforming our systems so Indigenous voices are truly heard. Proportional representation helps build a genuinely inclusive democracy: nctr.ca
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About the NCTR The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations. The most important service we p...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 4h
First-past-the-post causes snap elections, polarization, and wasted votes in BC. Proportional representation ensures every vote counts and requires parties to work together. Help spread the word in your riding: Sign up to deliver door hangers! www.fairvote.ca/29/09/2026/s...
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Sign up to deliver proportional representation door hangers in BC
Sign up to deliver door hangers about proportional representation during BC's 2026 election.
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Michael Bednarski 🇨🇦 @mikebednarski.bsky.social · 7h
@fairvote.ca How would the UK look under PR?
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How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 29/09/2026
If politicians feared opposition majorities with 40% of the vote, they would pass proportional representation. Instead, they rely on fear to lock in votes without earning them. Eventually the pendulum swings, leaving us stuck with the outcome we feared, under the system they refused to fix.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 29/09/2026
Massive news out of the UK with Prime Minister Andy Burnham announcing a National Commission on Electoral Reform, promising to contest the next election on implementing its findings. If the nation we inherited first-past-the-post from ditches it, what's our excuse?
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As @alexsobel.co.uk said: “we are closer now to this change than we have ever been in the history of this country." We didn't get here by accident, but thanks to the tireless work of a grassroots movement up and down the country. We now have a real opportunity to make history. Let's seize it.
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UK is closer than ever to getting proportional representation, Labour MP claims
"Folks, we are nearly there"
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 28/09/2026
Fair Vote Canada volunteers talked to voters about proportional representation at Peterborough Pride!
A volunteer stands behind a folding table under a bright blue outdoor canopy tent in a grassy park. The front of the table features a white banner reading "Fair Vote Canada / Représentation équitable au Canada" alongside the slogan "Make Every Vote Count!" and website URL. On the table are informational pamphlets and two display posters showing pie charts comparing election results: one titled "Ontario votes 2025" and another titled "Federal Election 2025" covering Toronto and Saskatchewan. In the background, trees, sunny park grounds, and other event tents are visible.
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fairvotevictoria.bsky.social @fairvotevictoria.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When to call an election should not be in the hands of just one person. That's called autocratic leadership. That's not democracy! That's autocratic rule.
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de ville weppenaar @speakofthedv.ca · 26/09/2026
We're going back to the polls in BC two years after the last provincial election. This is an opportunity to revisit the conversation and insist on a better option. A voting systems that ensure every vote cast actually counts. #ElectoralReform #ProRep #ProportionaRepresentation #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 25/09/2026
Elections must not be decided by a few swing ridings. First-past-the-post has plunged the US into chaos through hyper-polarized two-party politics, disproportionate majorities, and regional one-party domination. Proportional representation is how Canada avoids that fate.
Graphic showing a post from Scott Robertson (@sarobertson_) quoting Bob Rae on fighting for democracy. Rae states that protecting democracy is the battle of our lifetime, comparing it to the effort during the Second World War, and emphasizes that we have to fight again.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 24/09/2026
You can vote for whoever you want for whatever reason you want, that is democracy. If parties have a problem with that, they can reform first-past-the-post. Otherwise demanding fealty lest a worse option gets elected is little more than cynical politicking.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 24/09/2026
The next time someone demands you vote strategically, ask: "Will that candidate support proportional representation so no one ever has to vote strategically again?" If the answer is no, refuse to play their game. They are simply using fear to hold onto power.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 24/09/2026
Under first-past-the-post, party leaders maintain rigid control because members risk isolation and career ruin by leaving. Under proportional representation, members can easily break away if ignored. This means leaders must remain receptive to members to keep them from walking.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 23/09/2026
Proportional representation incentivises cross-partisan consensus and cooperation. First-past-the-post incentivises politicians to call snap elections when polling shows an increased majority with 30–40% of the vote is within reach.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 23/09/2026
Great to see the CBC cover our position on the BC snap election. First-past-the-post is directly to blame for early election calls when politicians gamble for total power with minority support. We need proportional representation for true democratic stability.
News graphic featuring a CBC News article about the BC snap election. The headline states that first-past-the-post is to blame for opportunistic election calls and explains how proportional representation prevents false majorities. Photos of provincial political leaders are shown.
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PsyPhiGrad @psyphigrad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We need a mass movement to finally bring democracy to Canada. #CdnPoli #PRNow
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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 22/09/2026
Moving away from FTTP benefits everybody. This government studied this very recently, in fact! My vote is going to whoever has a clear plan to implement an alternative system in time for the next election.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22/09/2026
Why are BCers facing a costly, unnecessary snap election? First-past-the-post. When 40% of the vote can deliver an increased majority, politicians choose power grabs over cooperation. Proportional representation removes these toxic incentives. Read our statement: www.fairvote.ca/22/09/2026/f...
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First-past-the-post to blame for opportunistic snap election in BC
First-past-the-post is responsible for David Eby calling a snap election in British Columbia. BC voter need proportional representation.
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posattit.bsky.social @posattit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our present system of government is not fair, inclusive, or truly democratic. We need a system where all votes really count, not like we have today.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22/09/2026
Just like in ON and NS, first-past-the-post incentivises parties to trigger snap elections when polling shows an increased majority, even without majority voter support. Proportional representation fixes this toxic dynamic, encouraging cooperation over political gamesmanship.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22/09/2026
First-past-the-post lets a government rule without majority support from voters. Proportional representation creates a vital check on power, forcing parties to build real consensus instead of bulldozing legislation through Parliament.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 21/09/2026
First-past-the-post turns whole regions into single-party monoliths, shutting out millions of voters. When a dominant party chooses silence on big issues like separatism, voters are left voiceless. We need proportional representation so every voice is heard. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Federalists say Alberta’s Conservative MPs are missing in action as separation referendum looms
Federalist organizers charge many of Alberta's Conservative MPs have been missing in action in the fight to keep Alberta in Canada.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 21/09/2026
Findlay, like Rustad and Falcon before her, is another victim of first-past-the-post forcing the BC right into one fractured party. Proportional representation would let groups across the spectrum run in their own parties instead of constantly knifing each other and collapsing.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 19/09/2026
The real lesson Conservatives should learn is a big-tent party built for electoral advantage only fuels endless internal infighting. A proportional system would let distinct right-leaning groups run on their own terms and cooperate openly instead of closed-door bickering.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 18/09/2026
The BC opposition is fracturing again, risking another BCNDP majority without a majority vote. First-past-the-post incentivizes non-compete deals and mergers over real choice. Proportional representation would let parties compete openly without stepping on each other’s toes.
A screenshot of a tweet by Rob Shaw (@RobShaw_BC) with a verified checkmark. The text reads: "NEW - @PeterMilobar and @Mike_A_Bernier - aka the Peter Party and CentreBC - to hold a joint press conference at 1pm today to announce a merger/cooperation agreement."
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 18/09/2026
First-Past-the-Post forces politicians with vastly different values into one big tent, breeding paranoia, like the BC Conservatives hiring a PI to spy on their own MLAs. Proportional representation allows value-aligned parties to exist separately, decreasing the urge to spy.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 17/09/2026
First-past-the-post doesn't stop early elections, as seen in ON, NS, and potentially BC. FPTP incentivises snap votes whenever polls hint at an increased artificial majority through key swing ridings. Proportional representation removes this incentive, encouraging parties to cooperate
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claremc-1952.bsky.social @claremc-1952.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social maybe you can answer this question?
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 16/09/2026
We talk about the UK a bunch, here's a few posts: bsky.app/profile/fairvote.ca/post/3mtyxoll3lc2d bsky.app/profile/fairvote.ca/post/3mmcddx6xbb2s The UK shows the dangers of FPTP. Framing one post around our US trade war tensions and growing EU ties doesn't mean we ignore other countries.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 16/09/2026
FPTP specifically describes the mechanics of how we elect single-member ridings, which is identical to the U.S. Constitutional differences like votes of confidence or fixed election dates don't change that core fact. Under PR, both Canadian and U.S. legislatures would look completely different.
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TheDaddyOtaku 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 (He/Him/Daddy) @thedaddyotaku.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Long overdue
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But Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It would be interesting if becoming a provisional EU member put pressure on our government to update its electoral system...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 16/09/2026
If European Union closeness and U.S. decoupling are popular, why do we keep the voting system of the latter and not the former? Most EU nations and the EU Parliament use proportional representation. It is time we adopt proportional voting to match our values.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 15/09/2026
Decisions about privatising public assets should require broad majority consensus, not unilateral action by parties without majority support. Proportional representation ensures major decisions reflect genuine consensus, not the whims of whichever party wins key swing ridings.
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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap @davidheap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Opinion by @petermacleod.bsky.social in @thestar.com : Alberta #separatism isn’t just an #Alberta problem. It’s a sign of a much deeper issue in Canadian politics. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... h/t @fairvote.ca
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Alberta separatism isn’t just an Alberta problem. It’s a sign of a much deeper issue in Canadian politics
The collapse of political competition and winner-takes-all mentality has allowed fringe elements to hijack mainstream political parties.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every vote should count. That shouldn’t be controversial. We’re proud to support a proven model that advances proportionality, voter expression, and regional representation. 🗳️
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 13/09/2026
Great news! @copevancouver.bsky.social just backed proportional representation for Vancouver Council! We need other parties to step up and commit to PR too. Your move, @onecityvan.bsky.social @vangreens.bsky.social @votevancouver.bsky.social Read more: www.fairvote.ca/12/09/2026/w...
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Which Vancouver parties support proportional representation?
Where do Vancouver's parties stand on proportional representation?
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 10/09/2026
You are free to disagree with the academic studies linked, but fabricating an "astroturf" narrative against a 25-year-old citizen group is baseless and inflammatory. As a scholar, evidence should matter before making such claims. Fair to leave it at that.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 10/09/2026
Here are several sources we link to in the post: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... academic.oup.com/pa/article/7... journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 10/09/2026
Claiming we lack evidence while fabricating an "astroturf" claim from search results is hypocritical. We're a 25-year-old, grassroots-led non-profit, which is why we rank high. The post we shared cites academic research; dismissing it without reading the sources isn't engaging in good faith.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 09/09/2026
Agreed, turnout and party systems interact in complex ways. But international evidence still shows proportional systems foster broader consensus and check extremism better than single-member winner-take-all models. We explore this here: www.fairvote.ca/04/09/2022/e...
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Extremists, polarization and first-past-the-post
Politicians with extreme political views exist in every country. Proportional representation can moderate the impact of extremists in political leadership.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 09/09/2026
Bernier almost won the CPC leadership in '17, far-right roots already run deep in the CPC. Under first-past-the-post, a right-wing party can win total control with 30-40% of votes. Proportional representation forces broad coalitions, preventing extremist agendas through voter accountability.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 09/09/2026
Under First-past-the-post, Conservatives can ignore urban ridings and Liberals can ignore rural ones while still winning majorities. This polarizes politics and causes extreme policy swings. Proportional representation ensures every voice in every region counts.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 09/09/2026
Under first-past-the-post, freedom of information is little more than an honour system politicians can tear up when it's inconvenient. Proportional representation would prevent this kind of abuse by requiring multi-party consensus rather than relying on the whims of one premier.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 07/09/2026
Proportional representation requires governments to maintain broad majority support to stay in power. First-past-the-post lets parties hang on long past their expiry date with just 30–40% of the vote by maintaining the right number of votes in the right swing ridings.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/09/2026
First-past-the-post lets party bosses veto local nominees, ignore safe ridings, and dominate legislatures without consensus. Proportional representation is about breaking insider control so your vote actually matters and political power is no longer concentrated at the top.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/09/2026
Navdeep Bains wants rural membership votes for his leadership run, but in an election, swing ridings take priority. Only proportional representation bridges the rural-urban divide by replacing swing ridings with swing voters, making every vote across the province worth fighting for.
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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thinking of the bi-election in Stoney Creek where NDP and Liberal votes swamped PC. But FPTP gave us PC 100%. This sucks, as they say 😐
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posattit.bsky.social @posattit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's well worth the time to go to FairVote. ca and look at all the information that they have.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 05/09/2026
Learn more about the systems we propose and how they would work in Canada here: www.fairvote.ca/introprsyste...
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Proportional representation systems for Canada
Proportional representation is the principle that 30% of the vote should equal about 30% of the seats. How would proportional representation work in Canada?
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