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Electoral reform
Seventy countries have switched to proportional voting and have found the public involvement in voting has dramatically improved. Proportional voting would make it relevant to those who don't want to vote for the two major parties.
Final report by British Columbia Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform (2004)
Back in February 2004, an independent legal commission recommended to the House of Commons that Canada abolish the first-past-the-post method of electing members of Parliament, moving instead to a form of proportional representation.
Greens deserved more than 20 seats - voting system also punished New Democrats, western Liberals and urban Conservatives
Once again, Canada's antiquated first-past-the-post system wasted millions of votes, distorted results, severely punished large blocks of voters, exaggerated regional differences, created an unrepresentative Parliament and contributed to a record low voter turnout.
In 2005, the Citizens' Assembly in B.C. recommended that we use a better way to vote called BC-STV, a form of proportional voting.
Please also see BC - STV Website for more information and videos.
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