{"id":5546,"date":"2014-02-12T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T23:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:40:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T23:40:31","slug":"proportional-representation-makes-every-vote-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/proportional-representation-makes-every-vote-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Proportional representation makes \u201cevery vote count\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This January and February, Canadians from coast to coast are visiting their MPs about proportional representation.<br \/>\nOver 400 volunteers from 161 ridings, from PEI to Northwest Territories, have signed up to visit their MPs about making our votes count. Many people who have signed up have never visited an MP before but have determined this is an important move to bring representative democracy to Canadians.<br \/>\nThe purpose of the MP visits is to educate MPs, clear up myths, and share solid research showing that proportional voting systems outperform winner-take-all systems on every measure of democracy.<br \/>\nThe main aspect of a representative democracy is to have the MPs in the House of Commons proportional to the popular vote.<br \/>\nMany other areas, such as inequality, economy and environmental performance also demonstrate improvement when a proportional system voting system is in effect.<br \/>\nA group of Fair Vote Canada constituents met with Newmarket-Aurora MP Lois Brown to discuss proportional representation. Ms. Brown was asked about supporting representative democracy via a proportional representative voting system.<br \/>\nShe felt Canadians were already served by a good system that the Conservatives support. Lois said she has only done a little reading on the proportional representational system, but promised to read the information presented to her.<br \/>\nMs. Brown was also presented with a petition from constituents for MPs to read in the House of Commons.<br \/>\nIn the end, the visits will help identify which MPs are committed to a more proportional voting system heading into the 2015 election campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Desson<br \/>\nFair Vote Canada \u2013 York Region Chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5546&amp;t=Proportional%20representation%20makes%20%E2%80%9Cevery%20vote%20count%E2%80%9D&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5546&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Proportional%20representation%20makes%20%E2%80%9Cevery%20vote%20count%E2%80%9D\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5546&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Proportional%20representation%20makes%20%E2%80%9Cevery%20vote%20count%E2%80%9D&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5546\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This January and February, Canadians from coast to coast are visiting their MPs about proportional representation. Over 400 volunteers from 161 ridings, from PEI to Northwest Territories, have signed up to visit their MPs about making our votes count. 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