Demand That Your Vote Count
- by: NDP
- recipient: Stephen Harper's Conservatives
Too many Canadians aren't being heard.
Over 60% of Canadians did not vote for Stephen Harper's Conservatives, yet the Conservatives enjoy a majority of seats in the House of Commons. Something is not right here.
Canada needs a proportional-representation voting system to better reflect the political preferences of Canadians: A party receiving 40% of the vote should receive 40% of the seats. Under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system favoured by the NDP - which combines proportional representation of parties in Parliament with the direct election of an MP in each constituency - your vote will truly count.
Take action today and call on Parliament to adopt a proportional representation voting system so that the House of Commons better reflects the diversity and political preferences of all Canadians.
We the undersigned residents of Canada recognize the following:
- Canadians no longer accept the unfairness of our first-past-the-post electoral system.
- Voter turnout is increasingly low among Canadians - especially youth - because they don't feel their votes count.
- Proportional representation allows every ballot cast to truly count.
Therefore, we call on Parliament to adopt a proportional representation voting system so that the House of Commons better reflects the diversity and political preferences of all Canadians.
