Re:Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead...
by _spduchamp on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:47AM
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BC raised the bar to 60% for the referendum. It was kinda rigged for failure, and deeply disappointing. (Lost with 58% of vote)
I don't see how things can get any better in Canada without electoral reform, so I don't give up on it.
There is a Local Choice movement to get local municipal to chose how they want elections, eg ranked ballot, and this may have impact on future pushes for reform provincially and federally.
The PROC committee did pass a motion recently to examine a Citizen Assembly on Electoral Reform, and it had support form all the parties. Unfortunately that committee may dissolve due to a federal election. (An attempted to grab 100% of the power with 40% support. Ugh.)
I don't see how things can get any better in Canada without electoral reform, so I don't give up on it.
There is a Local Choice movement to get local municipal to chose how they want elections, eg ranked ballot, and this may have impact on future pushes for reform provincially and federally.
The PROC committee did pass a motion recently to examine a Citizen Assembly on Electoral Reform, and it had support form all the parties. Unfortunately that committee may dissolve due to a federal election. (An attempted to grab 100% of the power with 40% support. Ugh.)