This is our chance for fairer elections – Vancouver and District Labour Council. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:34:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://vdlc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2021/10/cropped-VDLC_CLC_Favicons-32x32.png This is our chance for fairer elections – Vancouver and District Labour Council. 32 32 This is our chance for fairer elections https://vdlc.ca/this-is-our-chance-for-fairer-elections/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:33:00 +0000 https://vancouverlabour.labourcouncils.wpengine.com/?p=913 Voting is at the heart of democracy.  As union members we understand that government matters – the choices and decisions made by government affect the lives of working people.  However, we can’t forget that how we elect government matters too! Right now, we have a chance to decide how we will vote in future provincial elections.  It’s a choice between our current system and a new, fairer one called Proportional Representation (Pro Rep). The basic idea behind Pro Rep is really simply – the number of votes a party gets is the same as the percentage of seats it wins. For example, 40%...

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]]> Voting is at the heart of democracy.  As union members we understand that government matters – the choices and decisions made by government affect the lives of working people.  However, we can’t forget that how we elect government matters too!

Right now, we have a chance to decide how we will vote in future provincial elections.  It’s a choice between our current system and a new, fairer one called Proportional Representation (Pro Rep).

The basic idea behind Pro Rep is really simply – the number of votes a party gets is the same as the percentage of seats it wins. For example, 40% of the vote = 40% of the seats.

Our executive has endorsed Pro Rep and recommends you vote in favour of it.

This referendum is a mail-in ballot.  So look for your ballot package in your mailbox.  Don’t delay mailing it in!

You can get more information on Pro Rep at www.voteprbc.ca

This is our chance to deliver a new system of voting that makes every vote count.  We need to come together to support Pro Rep.

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