First, it’s not accurate that “Liberals said they’d change it. That’s more than any of the other parties have said they’d do.” The Green Party, NDP, and Bloc Québécois consistently support proportional representation. In fact, in 2024, all the Bloc, Greens, NDP, and Independent MPs, 3 Conservatives and 39 Liberal Party MPs voted for a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform - but 107 Liberal MPs (68.6%) voted against it.
Second, Justin Trudeau admitted in 2024 that Liberals were “deliberately vague” about electoral reform to appeal to Fair Vote Canada advocates, while privately preferring a non-proportional system that would have benefited their party. This suggests their promises weren’t made in good faith.
On housing specifically - yes, it’s important that parties address the crisis. But under our current electoral system, we’re vulnerable to what experts call policy lurch, where each new government wastes billions undoing the previous government’s work. Even a promising housing program can be cancelled after the next election, with all investments wasted.
This is why electoral reform is fundamental rather than just another policy promise. Proportional representation creates the conditions for stable long-term policies on housing, climate change, and other complex issues that require planning beyond a single electoral cycle.
I’m not saying we should ignore housing - it’s critically important. But fixing our democratic foundation would help ensure housing policies (and all others) better reflect what Canadians actually vote for and are more resistant to politically-motivated cancellation.
You present real facts, yet people downvote you. Insane.
Electoral reform should be a priority. It’s what the majority of Canadians want. Like most Canadians, I’m sick and tired of always having to vote for the least worst party to avoid the worst one becoming a majority. I’m sick of having MPs and parties being elected into power by a minority of the population.
I have to disagree with a few points here.
First, it’s not accurate that “Liberals said they’d change it. That’s more than any of the other parties have said they’d do.” The Green Party, NDP, and Bloc Québécois consistently support proportional representation. In fact, in 2024, all the Bloc, Greens, NDP, and Independent MPs, 3 Conservatives and 39 Liberal Party MPs voted for a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform - but 107 Liberal MPs (68.6%) voted against it.
Second, Justin Trudeau admitted in 2024 that Liberals were “deliberately vague” about electoral reform to appeal to Fair Vote Canada advocates, while privately preferring a non-proportional system that would have benefited their party. This suggests their promises weren’t made in good faith.
On housing specifically - yes, it’s important that parties address the crisis. But under our current electoral system, we’re vulnerable to what experts call policy lurch, where each new government wastes billions undoing the previous government’s work. Even a promising housing program can be cancelled after the next election, with all investments wasted.
This is why electoral reform is fundamental rather than just another policy promise. Proportional representation creates the conditions for stable long-term policies on housing, climate change, and other complex issues that require planning beyond a single electoral cycle.
I’m not saying we should ignore housing - it’s critically important. But fixing our democratic foundation would help ensure housing policies (and all others) better reflect what Canadians actually vote for and are more resistant to politically-motivated cancellation.
You present real facts, yet people downvote you. Insane.
Electoral reform should be a priority. It’s what the majority of Canadians want. Like most Canadians, I’m sick and tired of always having to vote for the least worst party to avoid the worst one becoming a majority. I’m sick of having MPs and parties being elected into power by a minority of the population.
Oui, c’est pourquoi j’essaie tres forte!