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Oct 15, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Well, I could spend the rest of the evening explaining to idiots on twitter that Canada doesn't elect a Prime Minister, we elect a Parliament, and Parliament elects the PM.
Or I could read my book & drink my tea & resolve to send a strongly worded letter to your grade 5 teacher.
To illustrate this Tommy Douglas style, if the Cats won 140 seats, the Birds won 135 seats, & the Mice won 40 seats, then there's no legal reason why the Mice and Birds, having some common causes, shouldn't team up and form a majority coalition.
Oct 11, 2019 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
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Don't let people make you feel bad for voting strategically. "Oh I'd rather vote with my conscience" they'll say.
Well, guess what, Sunshine; voting strategically to avert a Conservative government IS voting with my conscience. #elxn43#cdnpoli 1/
Yes, we wouldn't be worried about this if we'd gotten electoral reform.
But we've got the system we've got, and we have to work within that system to make things better.
People always complain about the youth voter turnout. Yes we should encourage 18-25 year olds to vote.
But we should also encourage parents of young kids to take their kids to the polls.
#elxn43#cdnpoli But this applies to any country
Make it a family walk down to the polling station on election day if you can. Plan to go for pizza or ice cream after. If you have to vote in advance polls, bring them along.
