BONUSES TO WINNERS ARE UNACCEPTABLE
Last week, after the CAQ government introduced its fine-tuned Bill 39, “An Act to Establish a New Voting System”, the Mouvement Démocratie Nouvelle (MDN) spotted what looks like an attempt to favour established parties, especially the dominant party. In article 156, the bill provides that the parties that win the most local constituencies under the current system, will be given the advantage when allocating regional seats. This is a flagrant violation of the spirit of proportional representation.
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QUEBECERS DEMAND ELECTORAL REFORM
A survey conducted by Léger Marketing for Mouvement Démocratie Nouvelle (MDN) concludes that Quebecers everywhere demand electoral reform.
ELECTORAL REFORM : STUDENTS DEMAND A RESUMPTION OF THE WORK
Student groups in Quebec have united behind a demand that the government follows through on its promise to enact a more representative system. For a democracy this is an essential concern and must take precedence over the personal and partisan considerations of MNAs.
PARITY INSEPARABLE FROM ELECTORAL REFORM
The Mouvement Démocratie Nouvelle (MDN), the Groupe Femmes, Politique et Démocratie (GFPD) and their partners in civil society are calling on the Legault government to include parity in its electoral reform bill.
A NEW ELECTORAL SYSTEM CAN BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS
MDN is disappointed to learn that the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec has not drawn on the example of Scotland and Wales to schedule a shorter timeline for implementing the new voting system in Quebec.
UNANIMITY ON THE PRINCIPLES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A major step was taken yesterday in the National Assembly with the unanimous adoption of a motion introduced by MNA (Member of the National Assembly) Sol Zanetti, jointly with the Minister of Justice Sonia Lebel and MNAs Harold Lebel and Catherine Fournier.