Proportional representation needed to ensure every vote counts

Democracy and PR are inseparable. Anyone limiting PR is limiting democracy by silencing voices in Parliament.

Denis and Conor Falvey hope Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef will eventually agree with them that proportional representation is the only voting system that gives equal value to all votes cast in elections. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CONOR FALVEY, DENIS FALVEY

August 29, 2016

HALIFAX/ROSE BAY, N.S.—As the federal Special Committee on Electoral Reform continues its work, Canadians must ask themselves: does our current system reflect the basic principles of democracy? Power in a democracy, after all, arises from the people. It is transferred to MPs through our votes. If...

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