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Democratic Reform and Good Governance

The strength and integrity of our democracy is a core value. We believe that a truly democratic nation is one where every voice is heard, every vote matters, and public trust is honored. Our vision is to build a democracy that is transparent, accountable, and inclusive for all Canadians.

The Green Party will modernize Canada's electoral system by implementing proportional representation and convening a citizens' assembly on democratic renewal to examine crucial reforms like online voting, lowering the voting age to 16, and mandatory voting.

To protect our political system from foreign influence, we will restore the per-vote subsidy, reduce donation limits, and introduce a foreign influence transparency registry. We will empower Elections Canada to proactively investigate foreign interference and provide public reporting on threats to election integrity, including from emerging technologies like AI.

We must restore Canadians' trust in our democracy. That begins with transparency and integrity. Strengthening the Conflict of Interest Act to include personal, political, and family ties is essential, Canadians deserve to know that public service means serving the public, not private interests. A government with nothing to hide would close the revolving door between politics and lobbying, enforce real penalties for conflicts of interest, and shine a light into every backroom meeting.

We would implement real-time transparency in lobbying, and ensure all regulatory board appointments undergo meaningful conflict-of-interest screening. Whistleblowers must be protected, not punished. And our parliamentary watchdogs — the ethics commissioner and auditor general — must have true independence and the power to act. Ethics aren't optional, they're the foundation of democracy.

ELECTORAL REFORM

  • Modernize Canada's electoral system and protect Canadian democracy by implementing Proportional Representation.
  • Convene a Citizens' Assembly on Democratic Renewal to study proportional representation systems, lowering the voting age to 16, online voting, and mandatory voting.
  • Ensure the Citizens' Assembly is independent, diverse, and consensus-driven.
  • Require political parties to report on candidate recruitment from underrepresented groups.

POLITICAL FINANCE AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE PROTECTIONS

  • Restore the per-vote subsidy for political party funding and reduce donation limits to curb foreign influence in elections, strengthen financial transparency, and reduce reliance on private donors who may act as conduits for foreign interests.
  • Strengthen protections against foreign funding and influence in Canadian elections, including expanding third-party political financing rules.
  • Establish a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, requiring individuals and entities lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to disclose their activities.
  • Expand the mandate of Elections Canada and the Commissioner of Canada Elections to proactively investigate suspected foreign interference.
  • Require political parties and candidates to report any known instances of attempted foreign influence or coercion.
  • Introduce public reporting on foreign interference threats in elections, balancing transparency with national security concerns.

CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY AND ELECTION OVERSIGHT

  • Require all political parties to submit campaign platform cost estimates to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
  • Mandate Elections Canada to create a truth-in-advertising framework for election campaigns.
  • Empower the Commissioner of Canada Elections to regulate and sanction false political advertising.
  • Mandate full transparency in publicly released polls, requiring disclosure of sample size, weighting methods, funding sources, question wording, and margin of error to prevent misinformation.
  • Hold media and polling firms accountable for responsible poll reporting, ensuring all published polls are independently verified and presented with clear methodological context.

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY FROM EMERGING THREATS

  • Establish an all-party standing committee to examine the risks and opportunities of emerging technologies, including AI and digital platforms, in elections.
  • Oppose the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause and support legislative measures to restrict its application, ensuring it remains a tool of last resort in exceptional circumstances.

ETHICS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND LOBBYING REFORM

  • Strengthen the Conflict of Interest Act by broadening the definition of conflicts to include personal, political, and family interests, with meaningful financial penalties for violations.
  • Impose mandatory conflict of interest screening and disclosure for all federal regulatory board appointments.
  • Close the revolving door between politics and lobbying by enforcing a five-year cooling-off period for former politicians and senior public officials.
  • Enhance transparency by requiring lobbyists to publicly disclose, in real-time, all interactions with elected officials and public servants.
  • Expand whistleblower protections with robust safeguards against retaliation and secure channels for confidential disclosures.
  • Strengthen the independence and investigative powers of parliamentary officers, including the Auditor General and Ethics Commissioner.
  • Replace the secretive Board of Internal Economy with an independent oversight committee to transparently review MPs' salaries, expenses, and budgets.
  • Prohibit federal funding for industry-backed NGOs that advocate private interests under the guise of public benefit.
  • Mandate open government practices, ensuring proactive disclosure of government documents and timely responses to access to information requests.

RESTORING EXCELLENCE IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE

  • End reliance on costly private consulting firms such as McKinsey and Deloitte, ensuring that core governmental functions and services are delivered by professional, experienced public servants.
  • Reinstate effective, citizen-focused service delivery models, reversing damaging restructuring from previous governments, such as the creation of Service Canada under Harper.
  • Reinvest in Canada's federal public service, rebuilding capacity, morale, and expertise to deliver high-quality, efficient services that Canadians expect and deserve.
  • Enhance oversight and accountability to prevent misuse of taxpayer dollars.
  • Reduce wasteful spending at the political level, including significantly cutting the Prime Minister's Office budget from $10 million to $1 million

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

  • Extend the Access to Information Act to the Prime Minister's Office, ministers' offices, and Parliament.
  • Scrap all Access to Information (ATI) fees except for filing fees.
  • Enforce deadlines for timely ATI request processing and empower the Information Commissioner to order the release of information.
  • Override government secrecy exemptions in the public interest.
  • Allow the Information Commissioner to review cabinet confidentiality claims.

PRIVACY, SURVEILLANCE, AND DATA PROTECTION

  • Expand Privacy Commissioner powers to protect personal data and enforce privacy laws.
  • Require CSIS and CSE to obtain warrants before surveillance on Canadians.
  • Ban routine surveillance of protestors and NGOs and prohibit data sharing with agencies like the National Energy Board.
  • Require internet service providers (ISPs) to release user data only with a legal warrant, except in emergencies.
  • Make political parties subject to the Privacy Act.
  • Mandate data breach reporting for all government agencies, companies, banks, and political parties.
[–] AlolanVulpix 9 points 1 day ago

Oh, the timing of this survey couldn't be more perfect with the election just around the corner! Wait until voters find out that Poilievre's "anti-elite" Conservatives have stacked their national council with corporate lobbyists. Nearly half of their governing body are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate, and anti-union companies.

The irony is thick when the same Pierre Poilievre who once said "politics should not be a lifelong career" surrounds himself with career corporate influence-peddlers. Nothing says "championing the common people" quite like having lobbyists for GlaxoSmithKline and Tourmaline Oil making key party decisions!

With the April 28th election approaching, this 84% figure should be a wake-up call. Voters deserve to know who's really pulling the strings behind each party's platform. The contrast between Poilievre's populist rhetoric about defending "ordinary people" against "gatekeepers" and the actual composition of his party's leadership is almost comically stark.

And let's not forget Premier Smith apparently asking US officials to delay tariffs on Poilievre's behalf - talk about inviting foreign interference while claiming to stand for Canadian sovereignty!

Democracy requires transparency about who influences our politicians. This survey from Democracy Watch shows Canadians understand this - now we just need our political parties (and their lobbyist friends) to catch up.

[–] AlolanVulpix 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If other parties called their bluff, and the NDP would be in an even worse position, and still not have PR.

 

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

The question is: Would the @ndp.ca finally use their leverage in a minority government to secure proportional representation once and for all?

#cdnpoli #Election2025

 

cvin.bsky.social on Bluesky

If he truly cares for the future of our great country, Canada, @mark-carney.bsky.social will follow Jack Layton's lead. For without proportional representation we are likely doomed to end up with a society as divided and destructive as America's. @fairvote.ca

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Jack Layton made the clear case for proportional representation during the 2011 Leaders Debate.

Will any leader have the courage to say the same tonight?

14 years later, Canadians are still waiting for a democracy where every vote counts.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

 

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Jack Layton made the clear case for proportional representation during the 2011 Leaders Debate.

Will any leader have the courage to say the same tonight?

14 years later, Canadians are still waiting for a democracy where every vote counts.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

 

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Over 2,000 Canadians are delivering 300,000+ door hangers!

From coast to coast to coast, people of all ages and backgrounds are stepping up to say: every vote should count.

Join the movement for a better democracy—demand proportional representation! (sign-up link in reply)

#cdnpoli #Election2025

A small child wearing a large watermelon-themed sunhat, patterned pants, and a colourful jacket hangs a Fair Vote Canada door hanger on a white front door with decorative glass panels. Two smiling volunteers pose for a selfie while sitting on a lawn, holding a Fair Vote Canada door hanger that lists reasons to support proportional representation. A small dog in a yellow bow tie and orange vest is also facing the camera. A volunteer for Fair Vote Canada smiles as he walks down a residential sidewalk on a grey spring day. He wears a dark hoodie and carries a stack of door hangers promoting proportional representation. A row of houses and leafless trees are visible in the background. Two volunteers smile at the camera while out delivering door hangers. One wears a “Farm to Table” hoodie, and the other, holding a stack of Fair Vote Canada flyers, wears a beanie and a grey hoodie. Leafless trees and a stop sign are visible in the background.

 

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

CBC is asking Canadians to weigh in on first-past-the-post and our electoral system on their national radio show Just Asking with Saroja Coelho!

Let’s show them how many people care about proportional representation.

Add your voice now!

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Just Asking: Let's figure it out together. With guest experts, host Saroja Coelho turns the week’s news and latest trends into tips that help you make better decisions in your life. Whether it’s tech, money, career or health — we’ll hear you o...

 

Fair Vote Canada🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Another day, another scandal—and thanks to first-past-the-post, Ford can sweep it under the rug with just 43% of the vote.

Ontario deserves better. It’s time for proportional representation here and across Canada.

#cdnpoli #onpoli

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Ben Spurr: The NY Times has published an investigation into the Therme development at Ontario Place. It found that while the company told the province it had a proven track record of operating six spas around the world, at the time it had only ever operated one

 

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

The curse of the big tent strikes again.

Under first-past-the-post, the right is forced into one unstable party where dissent is punished.

Proportional representation would let different voices win seats—without being expelled or forced to toe the party line.

#abpoli

The Breakdown AB on Bluesky

The UCP have kicked out MLA Pete Guthrie for calling for accountability and transparency.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alt text: A news graphic with a dark background showing a headline that reads "MLA PETER GUTHRIE EXPELLED FROM UNITED CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS." Below the headline is text explaining that MLA Guthrie opposes the Government's decision to wait for investigations from the Auditor General and Judge Raymond Wyant regarding AHS procurement practices and allegations from a former AHS CEO. The text states he will continue to voice opposition on this issue and concludes with "We wish him well as he continues in his role as MLA for his constituency." The image is watermarked with "@thebreakdownab" in the bottom right corner.

 

APTN News on Bluesky

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault called the "last minute decision" both "unfounded" and "undemocratic."

This composite image shows, left to right, Liberal Leader Mark Carney; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault. Photo: Sean Kilpatrick, Adrian Wyld, Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.

 

CIVIX Canada on Bluesky

Looking for a clear summary of candidate & party policies that use youth-friendly language?

Pollenize is a free online tool co-created by CIVIX to help citizens & students learn & make informed decisions about their vote. Access it today: pollenize.org

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[–] AlolanVulpix 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any form of proportional representation (STV or MMP) is still better than every form of winner-take-all (FPTP or IRV).

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