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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)

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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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[–] Sunshine 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The alternative vote aka instant runoff is not a solution. Look at Australia today with an entrenched 2-party that fails to meet the needs of the people with the same aggressive politics and lacklustre action on climate change.

If you want things to change for the better please support the two front runner proportional representation systems such as the single transferable vote and mixed-member proportional so we can have more small parties/independents win seats, more women/minorities represented in our government, better government performance on important issues and more accountability.