Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky
The Liberals won zero seats in all of Saskatchewan in the last two federal elections — despite getting thousands of votes.
First-past-the-post keeps Saskatchewan Liberal voices locked out.
It's time @mark-carney.bsky.social and @liberalca.bsky.social backed proportional representation.
Media Ecosystem Observatory on Bluesky
WEEKLY UPDATE: WEEK 3 OF CANADA’S 45TH FEDERAL ELECTION🚨
As Canada approaches its federal election, we're witnessing a surge in generative AI (GenAI) content that poses serious challenges to the integrity of our information ecosystem. 🧵⬇️ #GenAI #Deepfakes #CanadaElection2025
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The image shows two graphs titled "Canadians' Concern About Misleading Information this Election."
The left graph displays trends over time (from December to April 8) showing concern levels about two types of misinformation:
The right graph shows a bar chart comparing concern levels between two age groups (represented by blue bars for "<40 yrs" and red bars for "40+ yrs") regarding:
Both graphs use a vertical scale ranging from "Not concerned at all" to "Extremely concerned." The data suggests Canadians are generally more concerned about AI-generated misinformation than general misinformation, with older adults expressing the highest level of concern about AI-generated content.
Generative AI refers to tools that can create synthetic content, like text, images, videos, or audio, by analyzing large datasets. While useful, these tools can be misused to create fake content that’s hard to distinguish from the real thing.
This technology enables the creation of convincing fake media—photos, videos, and voiceovers—of people doing or saying things they never did. In this election, it's fueling confusion and disinformation.
Since the campaign began, we’ve seen numerous cases of GenAI being used to create fake content circulating across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X. These often include memes mocking politicians.
Despite the scale of AI-generated content, there's been minimal public discussion in Canada about its impact. Most conversations are centered on deepfakes and bots, often fueled by partisan debates over AI’s role in politics.
Surveys show Canadians are increasingly concerned about misleading information, especially among older generations. The rise of AI-generated content heightens this fear. … Canadians are encouraged to report suspicious content to our tipline. This helps us investigate and respond quickly to emerging threats. Don’t let disinformation disrupt our democracy.
English tipline: www.cdmrn.ca/digital-thre...
French tipline: www.cdmrn.ca/menace-numer...
Electoral Renewal Canada on Bluesky
Instant-Run off Voting is a winner-take-all system that is similar to First-Past-the-Post.
You can see in Australia that, just like FPTP, Instant Run-Off creates one-party majority governments at the expense of third party voters.
Proportional Single Transferable Vote is a better alternative.
PsyPhiGrad on Bluesky
If you agree that our "democracy" is under threat, please donate to a campaign to make every vote count and guarantee that you will no longer have to play games with your vote.
#CdnPoli #CanadianElections #PRNow
The image shows a comparison chart between two electoral systems: "First-past-the-post" and "Proportional Representation."
The chart is structured with two columns, with blue arrows pointing from left (First-past-the-post) to right (Proportional Representation), suggesting a progression or improvement.
The left column lists five characteristics of First-past-the-post systems:
The right column lists corresponding advantages of Proportional Representation:
The image uses a blue border and blue arrows to guide the reader through the comparison.
SmartVoting.ca on Bluesky
After a few days of stagnated numbers we finally get an update that moves the needle. What's notable is the Greens are surging on Vancouver Island
FEDERAL SEAT PROJECTION
- LPC: 204 (225)
- CPC: 115 (86)
- BQ: 16 (18)
- NDP: 7 (12)
- GPC: 1 (3)
- PPC: 0 (0)
April 5, 2025 | MOE: +/- 10
Cooperate for Canada on Bluesky
Want to support your favourite party and keep the cons out of your riding?
Do you have a source for that?
Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ on Bluesky
Pierre Poilievre once said politicians shouldn’t stay in office for life. That was 1999. It’s 2025—he’s still here, with the same angry rhetoric and no results. Now he wants to kill public media and silence journalists. What’s he so afraid of? #SaveTheCBC #CdnPoli #Canada
"Politics should not be a lifelong career, and elected officials should not be allowed to fix themselves in the halls of power of a nation... Therefore, I would institute a limit of two terms for members of Parliament" - Pierre Poilievre 1990
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Well, they didn’t say you’re not Canadian
But saying "a Canadian would know that" is necessarily insinuating that they are not Canadian for not knowing a fact. Which regardless of if the person did know the fact, is a ridiculous criterion to determine if someone is Canadian.
Furthermore, to suggest that Trudeau's views aren't synonymous with the Liberal party, ignores a big part of reality. That the party leaders wield incredible amounts of influence within their parties. If anything, party leaders are perhaps the physical embodiment of a party.
You are by attacking the source when you have no other alternative for what is in the article
lmao. what ever shall we do if the Ottawa Citizen didn't uniquely create this article? There is no known alternative for this article, so I suppose it's of utmost critical value?
This point is irrelevant, because if I can find an article from a better source, then the point is moot. And besides, you are insinuating that the Ottawa Citizen provides a service that is unique, and cannot be replicated, which is untrue.
Regardless of who owns the thing, it is still headquartered on Canadian soil, employing Canadians, and providing information that “real” Canadian sources aren’t.
So give me another source, or shut up about it.
Nah. You shut up about it.
So, who is saying the information isn't sound?
If the information is sound it doesn’t matter who is saying it
Who is saying the information isn't sound?
Actually in this specific scenario, when we are trying to encourage and grow the buy Canadian movement, and move away from reliance on American, it makes sense.
Excellent, they've been added.
Also, stay tuned for a secret project I've been working on.
Do you disagree with the articles points? Is there any misleading or false information in the article?
I hear you. Attack the points, not the person. In general, agreed.
Do you have an alternative source reporting on this that is acceptable to you for consumption?
Not on this particular topic, but I also haven't looked. See American owned media pretending to be Canadian, infiltrating Canadian culture and politics.
I appreciate your engagement on this topic, and I understand your concerns based on your experiences abroad. Let me address your points and clarify what PR advocates are actually proposing for Canada.
First, let's distinguish between different PR systems. What works in the Netherlands (list PR) isn't what's being proposed for Canada. The main PR options suitable for our context are:
Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) - You maintain your local MP exactly as you have now, plus regional MPs to ensure overall proportionality. Regarding "enormous amounts of seats" - this is largely subjective, and MMP can be implemented without increasing the total number of seats at all. The legislature size is a design choice, not an inherent requirement.
Single Transferable Vote (STV) - Multi-member districts where you rank candidates by preference. Ireland has used this successfully since 1922.
Regarding your specific concerns:
On "ungovernability": Research shows PR countries actually have more stable policy direction, not less. What looks like "instability" to outside observers is actually democratic negotiation. Policy lurch costs far more - when each new FPTP government undoes the previous government's work.
On constitutional courts: While important for legal oversight, a constitutional court isn't universally considered a requirement for "proper democracy." Many well-functioning democracies have different systems of judicial review. The core of democracy is citizens having meaningful representation - which is precisely what PR aims to strengthen.
On local representation: Your experience of feeling represented by an MP you "can walk up to" is actually quite rare. For the majority of Canadians whose preferred candidate loses in their riding, they have no representative who shares their political values. Under FPTP, roughly half of all voters cast ballots that elect nobody at all - they have zero representation aligned with their views.
On subjective fairness: While cultural and historical factors certainly influence democratic experiences, we don't need to rely on subjective impressions. We have objective mathematical criteria for evaluating electoral systems: proportionality indices, wasted vote percentages, and voter satisfaction metrics all demonstrate that PR systems outperform FPTP in translating votes to seats fairly.
The fundamental democratic principle remains: in a democracy, citizens deserve representation aligned with their values. When 50% of votes have zero effect on election outcomes, as happens under FPTP, we have a serious democratic deficit.
Fair Vote Canada advocates primarily for MMP or STV - both proven systems that would work well within our Westminster parliamentary tradition while ensuring every vote counts.
Also see: A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems.