This is the hard hitting journalism Canada needs 😄

Which behavior are you referring to?

Belgium and the Netherlands’ specific political turmoil has nothing to do with proportional representation and only concerns the local issues their citizens believe in and the parties in contention over them. The same happens in first-past-the-post countries with higher frequency and more volatility while concentrating power in more extreme parties, like the United States.

On top of that, being compared to the Netherlands and Belgium is flattering. They’ve both had fewer elections than Canada since 1945 Higher voter turnout, Parliamentary term completion rates are 14 and 15% higher therefore less policy lurch

Countries with proportional representation show that if a party’s policies deviate significantly from mainstream opinion, other parties will unite to exclude them from power. This is an additional check and balance that Canada doesn’t have, and this additional protection has been performed in Belgium and the Netherlands before.

No system of government will make a conflict-free paradise, but we know that proportional representation will lead to a more civilized and balanced representation of their citizens’ values.

we should absolutely force Scheer to move in with them for the month.>

Haha yes! That’s something I can get behind. 😂

I, too, find his behaviour and politics so distressing these days that I get where you are coming from.

But I decided I didn’t want to feel that way. So, I redirected the time and energy I used to doomscroll into setting a better example and doing something about it.

I joined Fairvote.ca and organized for their recent door hanger campaign to raise awareness on proportional representation. I also attend their monthly Zoom meetings to educate myself on how proportional representation works, how it reduces polarisation, and how it decreases the inflammatory and partisan words in political speech.

I’m shocked at how many people in my life suddenly perked up and said, " Where can I learn more?"

I know you didn’t ask, but this polarised hate feels bad, and it doesn’t hurt to share a way of coping that has made my life more centred.

Given the partisan vitriol he spread today I hate to defend this but:

There is a 99% chance that after the by-election, he will once again be the leader of the opposition and therefore live in that house again.

So with hubris and laziness he is saving our tax dollars by not having to pay for him to move twice in less than a year. Andrew Scheer gave him permission for this as well.

I didn’t watch the video but the headline is clickbait and this is a nothing story.

The fact that proportional representation reduces polarization and makes parties cooperative instead of adversarial is the number one reason I want it.

It makes countries more democratic and balanced.

This is another reason why proportional representation is a better system. One vote wouldn’t matter because one vote wouldn’t flip a riding or change the number and type of representatives who become MPs. After all, the percentage of MPs elected in the riding wouldn’t change significantly enough with one vote.

The money and resources used for this one vote, along with court time and a potential byelection, make a mockery of our democratic process.

With proportional representation, we would have the same or fewer elections than we have now.

August feels like a better month for it.

Pride celebrations in June can be cold and rainy in Alberta.

September can be cold, too, but maybe it’ll be ahead of its time as the season extends with climate change and September begins to feel like August or a burnt crispy hellfire, which is on brand anyway.

Where are you that National Parks are so inaccessible for you?

I’m not doubting, I have no perspective on this because I’m from Calgary where I go to them on a near weekly basis and it’s cheaper to go to them than anywhere else.

Funny thing is, very few Calgarians get to go to these places not everyone has a car and options for transit to Banff and Waterton is extremely limiting. It’s definitely a middle/upper class thing