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1. This is the most important thread I& #39;ve written in years. Please RT. Two years ago, London City Council became the first government in Canada to ditch First-Past-the-Post. The results were astounding. Take a moment to watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqOhV_JrUIk&feature=emb_logo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2. Next week, @UnlockCanada is launching a brand new report about London& #39;s historic experiment. The report, #LondonLeads, is the product of months of research, and years of advocacy. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3o0jCEm ">https://bit.ly/3o0jCEm&q...
3. I& #39;ll be joined by an INCREDIBLE line-up of voices from London, including the City Clerk, the city& #39;s first female Black councillor, two deputy mayors, the President of @ULLdn and the MPP who started it all!
4. Why is this so urgent, today? Because Doug Ford& #39;s government has just announced, minutes ago, that they& #39;re planning to force London to switch back to First Past the Post and ban all Ontario& #39;s 444 cities from switching to a more democratic voting system. https://www.cp24.com/news/ford-government-moves-to-scrap-ranked-ballot-elections-for-ontario-municipalities-1.5153128">https://www.cp24.com/news/ford...
5. This is striking, because London& #39;s City Council earned one of the largest mandates in Ontario, well above 50% of the vote. While Ford& #39;s government barely got 40% of the vote. The province shouldn& #39;t micromanage our local councils, and suffocate democratic reform.
6. Here& #39;s one simple example of how transformative London& #39;s 2018 election was. First-Past-The-Post almost always pushes races towards a polarized two-frontrunner race. But using ranked ballots, London broke the mold and emerged as an outlier. Check out these two charts:
7. Join us on Monday night, to learn more about Canada& #39;s first ranked ballot election - and why this is worth fighting for. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3o0jCEm ">https://bit.ly/3o0jCEm&q...
