HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-10-06, Page 25THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016. PAGE 25.
Electoral reform on table at Oct. 6 forum
Local citizens have organized an
electoral reform dialogue as part of
the public consultation by the All -
Party Canadian Parliamentary
Committee on elector reform that
will be making its recommendations
by Dec. 1 of this year. The public is
invited to attend at the Huron County
Museum on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7
p.m. to learn about the work of the
committee and ways the electoral
process could be improved.
Over 60 per cent of the votes cast
in the 2015 Canadian election went
to parties that had made electoral
reform part of their election
platform. Canadians have become
increasingly frustrated with the
current "First Past the Post" or
"Winner Take All" system which
often produces majority
governments where a party that gets
less than 40 per cent of the popular
vote gets more than 50 per cent of
the seats and 100 per cent of the
power in Parliament. It also means
that more than half the voters in each
election don't elect anyone and their
ballot counts toward no
representation for them in
Parliament.
The electoral reform committee is
looking at different models for
electoral reform that would improve
effectiveness and legitimacy, voter
engagement, accessibility and
inclusiveness, integrity and local
representation. Dean Whalen, one of
the organizers of the dialogue, says
"I believe democracy works best
when every vote counts toward
representation in every election. This
is an important opportunity for
Canadians to develop an electoral
process that works for all of us each
election."
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