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Proposal text
The Green Party of Canada will consider a Single Member Party Proportional Voting system alongside other Proportional Representation systems, and that a nation-wide Citizen’s Assembly will be held on democratic reform and will include presentations on all Proportional Representation systems.
Type of Proposal
Public policy that the party would represent
Objective / Benefit
The objective is to implement proportional representation in the voting system.
If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
N/A
List any supporting evidence for your proposal
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Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?
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Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
Yes
Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
English
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Conversation with Catherine Jones
The GPC stopped using Whereas and Be It Resolved language approx 5 years ago, therefore recommend considering the removal of these clauses from the proposal. An example of how you could consider removing this language is:
The Green Party of Canada supports proportional representation and electoral reform, therefore
The Green Party of Canada will implement a Single Member Party Proportional Voting system.
If you agree with any amendments suggested by members or Proposal Shepherds, please edit the proposal to reflect those language changes.
The _GPC_ hears any motions allowed in the rules. _Whereas_ has been a staple for decades and the membership has not banned the wording. This comment above is in reality only a _preference_ by a committee, such as the demand that motions must only be 50 words or less in length.
Hi, Constantine,
Thank you for your comments. I must admit getting a little frustrated spending more time and energy on this sort of thing, but while making the changes, I decided that maybe I needed to add some clarification to this part of the proposal.
I still sometimes wonder where our priorities are, though. We seem to spend a lot of time tinkering in the shadows on procedural stuff, rather than directing our energies more towards promoting the Party.
Anyway, as you can see, I changed the text to suit, but what I added was something that a number of people seem to be missing, which is that it should be a Citizens Assembly that makes the final decision on which version of pro. rep. to use. We think that the GPC should endorse other pro. rep. systems as well, and not pick just one. SMPP is a very simple and easy system that could be used to get the general public introduced to proportional representation, and then we could move onto a more complex system later, if that is what a Citizens Assembly decides.
I agree with you that the text didn't really need to be changed, but this time, at least, it did have a positive outcome.
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