Ontario Votes February 27th
Pledge your support for federal, provincial & municipal candidates who will put People over Politics and form a one-time alliance for electoral reform!
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ACT NOW to make your vote count, regulate Big Money donations, and reduce political polarization!
The Goals
The Goals
People over Politics is a non-partisan movement to bring together voters who support:
Making every vote count
Regulating Big Money in politics
Decreasing political polarization
False majorities on both sides of the political spectrum are common
Ontario votes 2022 and Fair Vote Canada show some of MANY examples.
The Plan
The Plan
Politicians listen when enough voters unite and speak up - especially during an election!
Many voters pledge to support candidates willing to:
put People Over Politics
adopt a one-time strategy to reduce vote splitting
advocate for proportional representation
Party leaders with shared goals meet to identify:
ridings where a cooperative approach will likely succeed
parties with a high chance of success in each of these ridings
agreements not to compete with each other in these ridings
Parties predicted to win or that have won are reluctant to change the system but political winds are unpredictable and it is a poor long-term strategy.
Both Steve Paikin and Cooperate for Canada provide more detailed examples and explanations of how this plan would work.
More Info
More Info
People over Politics takes a non-partisan approach to shared goals with existing campaigns including:
Electoral Reform and Fair Vote Canada
Stop Big Money and Democracy Watch
Collaborative Politics and Cooperate for Canada
Check out the video by Democracy Watch on Ethical Political Funding.
Act Now
Act Now
Many small acts add up to big results!
Upcoming federal, provincial and municipal elections are opportunities to insist on the country we want.
Act quickly to influence the upcoming Ontario and federal elections
Everyone wins
Everyone wins
The majority of Canadians across the political spectrum support adopting proportional representation over our current FPTP (First Past The Post) system. As well as making all votes count and reducing polarization, proportional systems significantly reduce:
Policy Lurch
Vote splitting and strategic voting
Compromised party values
Policy Lurch is a wasteful cycle of passing and then reversing legislation that is common when governments change under FPTP. Proportional representation leads to more stability when governments change because policies need the support of more than one party.
Parties with shared views like the Liberals, NDP and Greens suffer from vote splitting under our current system. Merging conservative parties in 2003 prevented vote splitting but compromised traditional conservative values such as environmental protection.
Whether polling predicts a close or lopsided race, voters who would prefer to vote for parties such as the Greens or PPC often vote strategically for parties such as the Liberals/NDP or Conservatives. Few swing ridings decide the outcome for everyone.
Proportional representation better reflects the diverse views of Canadians. Collaboration prevents Policy Lurch and results in stronger legislation. Proportional representation also allows parties and voters to stay true to their values.
Cooperation among parties is commonplace in many countries and countries most content with their democracies use proportional representation.
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