Webinar Sunday March 4: How PR works for voters in Tasmania and the Netherlands!
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Sunday March 4, 7 PM EST (4 PM PST)
International Guests: How Proportional Representation Works for Voters in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and the Netherlands!
Ever wondered how proportional representation works in other countries? Does PR affect "stability"? What role do small parties play? What effect does proportional representation have on policy? On democratic engagement? What about "extremists"? How do parties work together and get things done?
Join us for a webinar with two special guests from Australia and the Netherlands!
With BC's third referendum on electoral reform only nine months away, a second referendum in PEI expected soon, and the 2019 federal election coming up fast, this discussion has never been more important.
When: Sunday March 4, 7 PM EST (4 PM in BC, 5 PM in Alberta, 8 PM in Atlantic Canada)
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4674664234015786753
Special guests:
Malcolm Baalman:
Malcolm is an Australian with over 20 years professional experience working in and around legislatures and the public sector at federal, state and local government levels in Australia. He's worked as an advisor to an Independent MLA, as the Senior Advisor/Chief-of-Staff to independent Minister for Health, Community Care, Housing and Corrections, and as a Victorian state public servant. Full bio here.
Voters in Tasmania have been using PR-STV (Single Transferable Vote - the PR system recommended by the BC Citizens Assembly) for elections since the 1890s. Tasmania will elect its House of Assembly on Saturday March 3. Malcolm will discuss the use of PR in Tasmania and Australian Capital Territory, the election results in Tasmania and the lessons that Canadian electoral reformers can take from their southern cousins.
Sjeng Derkx
Sjeng, originally from Holland, where voters elect representatives using Flexible List PR. Sjeng is a lifelong political junkie. He has worked every available election job in BC, from organizing the Provincial and Federal elections as the Deputy Returning Officer, to taking votes at the voting booth, to sweeping the floors after the election is over.
Sjeng campaigned for BC-STV in 2009. He ran as a Green Party candidate in Nelson-Creston in the 2013 Provincial election, achieving the strongest result for a Green candidate outside Vancouver Island, but currently has no strong political party affiliation.
Sjeng believes that the 2018 BC referendum is a key opportunity to reduce the influence of political elites and special interests, and to return political power back to where it belongs, with us, the voters.
Following the presentation, you'll be able to ask questions of Malcolm and Sjeng via a chat box. We'll answer as many as we can!
Only proportional systems can deliver on our most important values: Fair results, real majorities, real voter choice, collaborative politics, diversity, regional balance, and more ability to hold our politicians accountable!
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Thanks for being part of the campaign to Make Every Vote Count!
Sincerely,
Anita Nickerson
Acting Executive Director, Fair Vote Canada
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