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Watching Canada's decline into a Two-Party System: an r/Ontario post with +1.7k upvotes "Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger after Doug Ford’s Tories win third straight majority in Ontario election?" (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by AlolanVulpix to c/ontario

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40034360

With Duverger's Law (i.e., in non-PR electoral systems, a trend towards a two-parties), we are running out of time to act. Canada's 2021 effective number of parties is 2.76 - this number will decrease over time, and will eventually end Canadian democracy as we know it today.

The only way to prevent this democratic backsliding is proportional representation: [email protected]

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[–] AlolanVulpix 1 points 1 day ago

Overall, I agree.

However, I wouldn't repeat the sentiment that instant runoff voting (IRV) will potentially solve our problems in the long run.

Both IRV and FPTP are winner-take-all, therefore meaning there will still be too many votes that don't elect anybody at all.

With single transferable vote (STV), you can have both ranked ballot and proportional representation!

In the long run, the only viable solution is proportional representation: [email protected]