Avi Lewis's pledge to make proportional representation the NDP's one demand says he is serious about PR
https://www.fairvote.ca/29/03/2026/avi-lewiss-pledge-to-make-proportional-representation-the-ndps-one-demand-says-he-is-serious-about-pr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avi-lewiss-pledge-to-make-proportional-representation-the-ndps-one-demand-says-he-is-serious-about-pr
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Carload834@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 146d
It's a no-brainer IMO since they usually get about 2x as many votes than seats (percentage-wise in the past few federal elections). I'm not sure if the previous NDP caucus (I think that's the right term) made an attempt, but I was hoping they would try to.
Alaric@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 143d
The most notable attempts of the previous NDP caucus were in Motions 76 and Motions 86.
Motion 76, by Green MP Mike Morrice: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/mike-morrice(110476)/motions/12180488 This one didn't come to a vote.
Motion 86, by NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/111023/motions/12517157 This one did come to a vote, but was Negatived (101 Yea / 220 Nay) by the usual suspects.
Unfortunately, both Mike Morrice and Lisa Marie Barron lost their seats in the last election to members of the conservative party due to vote splitting.