Foxsea
Well-Known Member
Look at who is campaigning against Pro Rep: Big money donors, old school politicians, party insiders and lobbyists, they all benefit from the current voting system.
In Canada, politicians are routinely elected without support from the majority of voters in their ridings. As we just saw in Quebec and Ontario, parties can win majority control of the government with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote. They can be kept in power by “safe seats.” And once elected, they aren’t accountable to anyone, resulting in policies that reflect donors’ and lobbyists’ interests more than the people they are supposed to represent.
This has real life consequences in British Columbia — criminals laundering dirty money through casinos, the overdose crisis, the out-of-control housing market. This is what happens when we don’t have a government that reflects the needs of real people who live and work in this province.
In Canada, politicians are routinely elected without support from the majority of voters in their ridings. As we just saw in Quebec and Ontario, parties can win majority control of the government with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote. They can be kept in power by “safe seats.” And once elected, they aren’t accountable to anyone, resulting in policies that reflect donors’ and lobbyists’ interests more than the people they are supposed to represent.
This has real life consequences in British Columbia — criminals laundering dirty money through casinos, the overdose crisis, the out-of-control housing market. This is what happens when we don’t have a government that reflects the needs of real people who live and work in this province.