From what I understand, a coalition between the Liberals and the NDP (and more parties if the libs have that poor of a performance), where the Liberals aren't really strong electorally speaking is probably how we would get PR federally (right?).

How do we do it provincially though? Ontario seems to be moving towards that direction, with opinion polls being in favor of PR, and the Liberals and the NDP being wiped out due to a lack of PR.

What about the other provinces? Eby's being a little bitch in BC about this. Same goes with the Alberta NDP. There is no strong third party with enough leverage in either of these provinces to ram this demand through using a coalition. Not so familiar with the politics of other provinces and territories, so no idea what the status there looks like.

What do you think we should do instead? Fairvote's "email a sternly worded letter to your MP/MLA" sounds woefully ineffective.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What percentage of the population agrees with your premise?

I'd say most people are ambivalent to the whole discussion.

Hell, we have a hard time getting half the population to even get off their ass and cast a ballot at all.

The people who care about alternative voting systems really care, but that's a small number of people. For everyone else it's not something that crosses their minds, and when prompted, don't have much of an opinion.