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Fair Vote Canada: "Doug Ford wants to stack the courts with 'like-minded judges.' … with just 40% of the vote. Democracy shouldn't work this way—Ontario needs proportional representation." (bsky.app)

submitted 2 months ago by AlolanVulpix to c/ontario

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/38639799

Doug Ford wants to stack the courts with "like-minded judges." Thanks to first-past-the-post, he can keep winning unchecked majorities with just 40% of the vote.

Democracy shouldn't work this way—Ontario needs proportional representation.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Deal with this guy before he can take it any further.

Signed,

a friend who didn't

[–] AlolanVulpix 7 points 2 months ago

CBC News on 2024-05-01: Former PC Party vice-president appointed as Ontario judge

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem with Proportional Representation and Ranked Voting is that the party in power wasn't elected that way and they wouldn't be in power if the voting structure was set up that way.

[–] AlolanVulpix 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's not an argument against proportional representation, it's an argument against the party in power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Correct. Proportional Representation is good. Elected officials with 40% Majority are not going to convert.

[–] dom 2 points 2 months ago

The only hope is for NDP to win as they lose so often proportional representation is the best way for them to win more often.