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Consider Single Member Party Proportional Voting
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?
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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?
N/A
Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
Yes
Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
English
This proposal is being evaluated
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Conversation with Larry McCumsey
What if a party has a sizable percentage of the vote nationally but has elected no members - a caucus of zero? Is this a scenario that SMPP addresses?
This is exactly the scenario that SMPP addresses. It is also the only scenario in which SMPP would require that the Party appoint a representative. The percentage of the vote that the Party received nationally would be assigned to that person or persons, so the number of elected representatives would no longer be relevant. SMPP would truly reflect the vote that the Party received nationally, thereby making every vote count.
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