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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 33 points 19 hours ago

NDP supporter here ... but I've always enjoyed Chretien as a solid leader with a goofy side. It's amazing for me because I'm indigenous and Chretien was the leading edge of wanting to remove native rights in the 70s as minister of indian affairs ... but I still love the guy because he good at heart and I looked up to him in the 90s as prime minister. Lots of respect for him for leading Canada.

Saying all that though ... I'm still an NDPer

[-] Yoga@lemmy.ca 23 points 19 hours ago

The increased Liberal momentum has boosted the NDP's chance to win my riding substantially so I'm definitely grateful for that.

Carney seems like he's open to electoral reform so hopefully this is the last FPTP election.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 24 points 18 hours ago

Carney seems like he's open to electoral reform

So was Trudeau. I hope you're right, but it feels like a longshot.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 7 points 17 hours ago

Carney said big changes. If he wins the general election it’s definitely a mandate for big changes.

[-] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago

Only if it's a majority government.
Carney isn't going to go for MMP the same way the NDP isn't going to go for ranked ballot.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago

It will be interesting for sure to see what kind of government emerges from the next general election. Could even be in 6 weeks from now.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago

The Liberals and Conservatives aren't going to do election reform. First past the post is a massive benefit to both of them.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 19 hours ago

Not Canadian, no dog in this race, but also in a FPTP government so yeah, fingers crossed you guys girls and everything around it get a proportional system.

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago

Thank you! Any system is better than FPTP. I'm hoping we go MMP as we then get the best of both worlds.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

I doubt he’ll support PR. The Liberal Party benefits from FPTP more than any other party. They stand the most to lose from a PR system.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

There's no good reason for PR or nothing. RCV or even top 2 runoff (not as good as RCV, imo) can be legitimately preferred.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

See: A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems. It's still a work in progress, but lays out a good framework for discussing electoral systems.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

We need to stop seeing PR as anything except citizen's having the most to gain under PR.

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