Election Reform (2024)

I believe that Canada is in need of election reform and that was one of the Liberal promises a number of years ago. However, why change something that works in your favour, especially when you’re the ones in power?
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Most people know that it is extremely difficult for things to change when it comes to elections because outside of the major cities, votes don’t really count for much. The Golden Horseshoe and a few of the other major cities in Canada make up half of the MPs in Parliament. This is wrong and everyone knows it. There must be a better balance in place so that the urban areas can’t dictate to the rest of the country. I know this would take a lot of consideration and thought to come to the best balance. Having Ontario and Quebec being able to decide everything isn’t fair.

What also needs to change is how the leaders are voted in. I believe that the people should be able to vote for who they want as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, along with local MPs. This would be similar to how the US does their voting. How this would look would be having all MP options on the ballot as it is now but also a section for who you want to vote to be in those positions, as well as a blank area for another name to be written down.