"It's set up in such a skewed way that people win seats with less than 30 per cent of the vote. Governments now are formed with 30 per cent of the popular vote." Doesn't sound like representative government to us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parti Québécois win with record-low vote share revives calls for electoral reform | CBC News
A record-low vote share for Quebec's incoming PQ government has reignited a long-simmering debate over how the province elects its leaders.
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In an excellent article for the Observer, @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Mark Carney should use his political capital to deliver proportional representation. Quebec just proved how first-past-the-post distorts results across parties. Read it here! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/08/o...
The Quebec election was yet another example of our electoral system’s flaws. Mark Carney should fix them
It was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the job.
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The Quebec election was yet another example of the flaws inherent in our first past the post system, one that rewards division and creates false majorities. Mark Carney should fix them. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/08/o...
The Quebec election was yet another example of our electoral system’s flaws. Mark Carney should fix them
It was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the job.
nationalobserver.com
Okay so just to check my notes, I am paying the most for gas in my life, the oil companies are making more profits with less labor cost than ever before..... and now they want me to pay for a new pipeline?
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4d agoThere it is. Elon Musk now advocating for Alberta separation. That should perhaps be one of the biggest reasons to vote to stay. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...
Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote
Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.
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"That’s two reports in two days about how the U.S. could be a bigger player in Canadian referendums than it has ever been before. Should that concern us? You bet it should," writes @susandelacourt.bsky.social. #Gift 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
St. Catharines Standard@stcatstandard.bsky.social · 6d ago
18-year-old Arya Satheesh invented a plant-based biodegradable plastic. Once disposed of, it takes up to 2 weeks to degrade & release enzymes into the environment that break down existing microplastics in soil & water A plastic that could clean up plastic waste! F*** AI, kids will save the world! ✊
This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution
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If you are fiscally conservative I would like to hear your take: at what point will fiscal conservatives realize the the conservative parties in Canada are not fiscally conservative? #cdnpoli
I wonder if the CAQ regrets not fixing the electoral system?
Oh The Urbanity!@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 6d agoIf the PQ wins tonight, hopefully they’ll follow through on their promise to enact electoral reform. Unlike the CAQ in Quebec before and Justin Trudeau federally, who both abandoned their promises.
Highly recommend this week's column by @chrishatch.bsky.social, eviscerating the Orwellian justifications for last week's new fossil fuel infrastructure announcements. Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/o...
Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection
It would be one thing if the arguments for expanding fossil fuels were geostrategic or economic. The public could weigh the projects and forecasts against protection of lives, species and livelihoods....
nationalobserver.com
Spot on from @acoyne.bsky.social on CBC. First-past-the-post means a separatist party can win a majority with 30% and plunge us into a unity threatening separation referendum. Proportional representation means such decisions require broad majority consensus, not the whims of one party.
In the last 3 Ontario elections, 40% of votes brought Doug Ford 100% of power. 71% want proportional representation. Check where Liberal candidates @lfairclough.bsky.social @stephaniebowman.bsky.social Dylan Marando @navdeepsbains.bsky.social stand on reform: www.fairvote.ca/ontariolible...
Ontario Liberal Leadership 2026 - Where Do They Stand on Proportional Representation
Ontario Liberal leadership candidates - where do they stand on proportional representation?
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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.
The Hill Times@hilltimes.com · 2w agoSome Liberal MPs say there is growing frustration that maintaining strong ties with caucus does not appear to be a priority for Carney, with some finding it increasingly difficult to secure one-on-one meetings with their leader. www.hilltimes.com?p=518679
We analyzed some of Ford’s most controversial Toronto decisions and found they all target safe opposition ridings. Under first-past-the-post, unneeded ridings get sacrificed. Proportional representation ensures votes everywhere build seats, so no community can be steamrolled.
#MarkCarney is lying to you. Stop cheerleading being lied to. Stop cheerleading being taken advantage of while under threat from his fellow #BigOil world burner #DonaldTrump #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · last wk.“Those numbers aren’t realistic.” @markhamhislop.bsky.social says the Pacific Link pipeline won’t deliver the billions in economic benefits pledged by PM Carney. He says Asian oil demand will decline as China rapidly electrifies its transportation sector. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
"So then I said 'well maybe if your casseroles were made properly, he would be home for dinner every night', and that's why I suggested adding paprika. I was just trying to help as I always do. You know me Dorothy."
Raccoons Hourly@raccoonhourly.bsky.social · last wk.
"In Canada, every provincial premier, of every political stripe, is guilty of adhering to the new climate denialism. It is now clear, however, that today, our country’s leading practitioner is Prime Minster Mark Carney." #CdnPoli
Seth Klein@sethdklein.bsky.social · last wk.Given all the announcements this week, thought I'd reissue this piece from a week ago. The answer BTW is YES! Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier? sethdklein.substack.com/p/is-prime-m...
Last night I read from *The World of After*, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, in the Drunk Fiction reading series at the Caledonian Pub. Many thanks to @emilyweedon.bsky.social & my co-readers.
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...
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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From Jan. to July 2026, 1,389 children were hospitalized for acute malnutrition at Mudug regional hospital in #Somalia. As needs grow, funding cuts are forcing organizations to scale back emergency food assistance.. Watch a mother share her story:
Carney’s relying on selling our resources. Ripping up wilderness. Extracting as much as they can for unsustainable growth. Pouring into the AI tech bubble. Extending markets for our #toxic gas & #tarsands plans to deal with #AB toxic waste problem by gov’t sanctioned dumping in the Athabasca🇨🇦 #SayNo
MondoAB@mondoab.bsky.social · 3w ago#ClimateCrisis "Canada has warmed rapidly over the past 50 years, consistent with rapid global warming. Since 1970, Canada has warmed nearly twice as fast as the global average, and the Canadian Arctic has warmed three times as fast as the global average" collapse2050.substack.com/p/canada-thi...
The more of us who stand together for universal basic income and say it, the harder it is to ignore.
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3w agoThe federal government tabled new legislation Monday to make sweeping changes to environmental and labour rules, in Mark Carney’s latest effort to remove what he sees as barriers to development in pursuit of his pro-growth agenda.
When will Carney do the right thing? #CdnPoli
Skye@simplyskye.bsky.social · 4mo agoFrance has joined Germany in cancelling their Palantir contracts, becoming the 2nd country in as many weeks to do so — the UK appears poised to follow suit AOC: “Immediately investigate Palantir — (Thiel’s) secretive data mining company that has weaponized information against immigrant communities”
I am told all the time by folks affiliated with the fossil fuel industry that Asian demand for LNG will grow "for decades". Yeah, about that:
