Currently, Canada's electoral system is based on a "first past the post" system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its Member of Parliament. The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister. An absolute majority of the electorate is not needed, and is rarely achieved. As a result, power has been held by either of two parties for most of Canada's history. The party whose candidates win the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition.
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Yes, but other reform is acceptable
No, switch from FPTP to STAR voting
Yes, so long as it is kept democratic and attempts at gerrymandering and corruption are prohibited.
I think you should be able to vote for who you want as your riding representative and be able to vote for who you want on a federal level.
A non political party semi-direct democracy. Citizens vote directly for their city federal representative and directly for their head of state or "prime minister". Special interest groups would fill the role of crowd sourcing for specific issues. The position/stances of each representative would be listed for constituents to transparently see what the candidates believe.
First past the post is best, as there are a lot of ridings that have numerous competitors, and could take a long time to have results settled. It could also weaken our faith in democracy if there's nobody to lead government, so I would stick with FPTP as people are fallible and I don't want the systems to also be that way.
No, I think that this could lead to breakdowns of our efficient democratic system, as in PR the government would have to cater to those within fringe movements, such as the People's Party of Canada, as well as smaller parties in order to gain a majority, and this could create a lot of deadlock and erode people's trust within the constitutional democratic system here in Canada, which has also happened within European democracies such as Germany to some extent, and republics such as the United States of America, as congress is almost always in a deadlock (with some rare exceptions.)
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Yes, introduce mixed member proportional representation with ranked choice voting
We should switch to a mixed-member proportional representation.
popular vote is the best option in my view
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