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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 30 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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 15 hours ago (4 children)

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 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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 12 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 5 points 12 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 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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 14 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 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

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 12 hours ago (1 children)

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 12 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 1 points 12 hours ago

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

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