I have quite a few creative ideas, but am too tired to write them down rn. I'll go the easy, lazy way (and write about more legislation ideas tomorrow):

Proportional representation like Germany. In every election, the voter votes for an individual and a party. The individual is chosen to represent the riding through STAR voting (my version). After all MPs are elected, to ensure proportional representation according to the party votes (the second vote that voters cast), individuals from party lists are put into parliament.

This way, we get riding representation and party representation.

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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

My next immediate goal would be tax reform to target the 1%; then UBI

(not because I think we lack the funds for UBI, but just because I think that if the 1% paid their share properly, other things should start falling into place as well)

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

My argument for UBI as one of the most important policy choices we can possibly make is that it not only achieves a huge amount of harm reduction, but it also opens up a huge amount of political power. With UBI, losing your job becomes much less scary. If that threat diminishes, people become far more willing to engage in activities like protests, unionizing, and general strikes.

My overall priorities would be;

Voting reform
UBI
Wealth tax
Free post-secondary education
Head to toe healthcare
End private home renting
Crown corp telecoms
Public transit

(In no particular order)

But of those I consider voting reform and UBI to be the ones that unlock the most political power among regular working people, which makes it easier to make everything else happen.