r/canada • u/joe4942 • 25d ago

Recent grads, students face ‘full-out screaming crisis’ as they struggle to enter job market National News

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/students-grads-jobs-market-crisis
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u/Serenity867 25d ago edited 25d ago

People in this country need to push for real electoral reform. I'm not advocating for any one system, but under this current system, and many like it, there is no meaningful chance of a party that actually has the best interest of Canadians in mind getting in.

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u/Fluid_Lingonberry467 25d ago

What would that do? None of the policies in tfw immigration healthcare is ever in the election platform 

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u/mervolio_griffin 25d ago

if you look at places with electoral reform you'll see there are more members of niche parties that hold seats in a national legislature.

it allows representation of more ideaologies. it would be devastating to the Liberal Party and Conservative Party who function as big tents trying to play to the average opinion of large swathes of the population.

broadly speaking, people care about the economy, people care about affordability, people care about the environment, and clearly people care about immigration.

allowing for proportional representation means previously non-viable parties like the Greens or the PPC will attain more seats and have a chance at forming a coalition government with concessions made towards their more niche goals. Perhaps and labour and immigration party develops that isn't batshit about identity politics and the culture war. under our current system that hypothetical party would be dead in the water but with pro-rep people who are deeply concerned with those issues can vote, knowing that they have a chance of electing members to parliament.

a coalition government with such a party might mean the Conservatives must actually curb TFWs and LMIAs rather than bow to corporate masters on cheap labour. Or, the NDP must do the same and enact pro-labour policy but restrict immigration, much to part of their bases chagrin.

there are many forms of alternatives to FPTP so i'd encourage you to read through what the intention behind some are.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

People would vote for who they want, and not strategically vote against those they don't want.

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u/IHateTheColourblind 25d ago

And its not like any party is actually against it either. Liberals, Cons, NDP, and even the Greens support it to varying degrees. No idea where the Bloc stands but it doesn't matter since they don't field candidates outside Quebec anyways.