• AlolanVulpix@lemmy.caM
      2·
      19 hours ago
      1. IRV and STV both use “ranked ballots”.
      2. IRV is not PR, STV is PR.
      3. Trudeau only wanted IRV, so he kept saying “ranked ballot”. However, electoral reform proponents want “every vote to count” just like the LPC campaigned on.
      4. The House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform (ERRE) recommends PR and does not recommend IRV. Therefore, Trudeau kills electoral reform, claiming a “lack of consensus”.
      5. End of this story, but not the end of PR.
      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Similar story in the UK. The ruling party wants PR (the membership voted in favour), but the PM does not. It could still be forced through via a private members bill