Ontario's first-past-the-post, winner-take-all electoral system is failing voters.
In the last two Ontario elections, 40% of the vote gave Ford's PCs 100% of the power.
52% of voters cast ballots that elected no-one.
So few people even bothered to vote in the last election that the Ford "majority" was won with the support of less than 18% of eligible voters.
All voters deserve an electoral system where their votes really count, no matter who they vote for or where they live.
The challenges facing people in Ontario won't be solved more of the same winner-take-all politics that ...
Ontario's first-past-the-post, winner-take-all electoral system is failing voters.
In the last two Ontario elections, 40% of the vote gave Ford's PCs 100% of the power.
52% of voters cast ballots that elected no-one.
So few people even bothered to vote in the last election that the Ford "majority" was won with the support of less than 18% of eligible voters.
All voters deserve an electoral system where their votes really count, no matter who they vote for or where they live.
The challenges facing people in Ontario won't be solved more of the same winner-take-all politics that got us here to begin with.
Ontarians need leadership to champion proportional representation!
The Ontario Green Party has already committed in their platform to proportional representation and a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.
Tell Bonnie Crombie and Marit Stiles to include proportional representation and Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in their platforms and to speak up about it during the election campaign!