Voting reform

Voting reform is definitely one of the most underrated campaign issues. It gets very little press but affects how our entire system of government works.

In particular, it serves to keep two political parties (the Liberals and the Conservatives) in power, alternating between the two. And it ensures that upstarts like Elizabeth May and the Green Party remain irrelevant.

The NDP are the ones most likely to do anything about it. The Conservatives sure won’t, as they’re the ones benefiting the most from the left & centrist vote splitting. The Liberals are unlikely to as well, as historically they’ve benefitted from being the most centrist/mainstream.

This year, Mulcair and the NDP stand a fair chance of winning. If they do, then we can hold them to this promise, and potentially make a real, major, and beneficial change to the Canadian Government for the long-term future.

This is the issue to vote on — so that your vote will never “not matter” again.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/02/mulcair-ndp-proportional-representation_n_6407056.html