Webinar May 15: PR 101 and Coalition Governments!
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 11:15
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We've had a great response to this webinar but there are still spots left! This week was a perfect example of how voters will benefit if our parties get better at working together on a regular basis with proportional representation:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-apologizes-electoral-reform-1.3568632
Register here:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1288968850687740162
Anita
You're Invited! PR 101 and Coalition Governments
Sunday May 15, 1 PM EDT
It’s an exciting time to be involved in the campaign to Make Every Vote Count! The new Liberal government has promised that 2015 was the last election using first-past-the-post.
Only proportional systems can deliver on our most important values: Equal and effective votes, fair representation, voter choice, diversity, regional balance, accountable government, policies supported by parties representing a majority of voters, and more collaborative politics.
Most countries using proportional representation are governed by stable, majority coalitions. How do coalition governments work - for voters and for parties?
We invite you to join us on Sunday, May 15 at 1 PM EDT for a webinar with experts from Canada and Sweden! Register here!
1:00-1:25: Make Every Vote Count - PR/Campaign 101 (if you're new to the campaign and have never joined a FVC webinar, join us here!)
1:25-1:55: Coalitions: How Do They Work? with Maxwell Cameron and Nicholas Aylott
Special Guests:
Nicholas Aylott is an Associate Professor at Södertörn University, Sweden. He specializes in comparative European politics. Since March 2012 he has been a research leader in Södertörn's area-studies centre for research on Baltic and Central-Eastern Europe, focusing on party organisation in the Nordic countries, the Nordic model of democracy, pre-electoral coalitions in the Nordic region and methods of party-candidate selection. He is the author of 47 combined articles and books, including his most recent book "Models of Democracy in Nordic and Baltic Europe: Political Institutions and Discourse."
Maxwell Cameron is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. He specializes in compartive politics and international political economy. As Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions he coordinated the organization of the first UBC Summer Institute for Future Legislators which this year will be focused on electoral reform. In 2011-12 Cameron was a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies where he organized a colloquium series Aristotle’s idea of “practical wisdom” and its relevance in politics today.
You can attend the entire webinar, or if you've seen the introductory 101 presentation before you can jump on at 1:25 EDT for our special guests.
Following the presenters, we will have Q+A where you can ask questions via a chat box. We will endeavour to answer as many as we can!
Please share this webinar widely with friends who may be interested - poster below and up on our Facebook wall.
Thanks for being part of the campaign to Make Every Vote Count!
Sincerely,
Anita Nickerson
FVC Action Coordinator
Fair Vote Canada / Représentation équitable au Canada
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