Power sharing works. Why not do it locally?

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While the recent Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Liberals and NDP may not be a formal coalition, the breadth of the deal shows what’s possible when parties put aside their differences and work together for the good of the country. So, if parties can share power with one another at the federal level, why can’t individual citizens do the same locally?

For over 150 years, Canada’s political system has been steeped in a culture of control cultivated by our winner-take-all electoral system, First Past the Post. By electing only one representative per riding, FPTP implicitly rejects cooperation by tearing communities apart in the fight for political domination.

With a House of Commons consisting of one-party rule per riding, it’s easy to see why local power sharing never took root. After all, there’s no need to compromise with other people if your party is the only one sitting at your riding’s decision-making table.

Adopting a system of Proportional Representation that elects multiple representatives per region or riding would help fix this by ensuring all people in a community get a say in the decisions that affect them.

For a country whose citizens value diversity, inclusion and finding common ground, this historic deal should have all Canadians desiring something more. If compromise and collaboration is truly what we want our country’s political culture to be, then we should simply adopt an electoral system that allows people to share power rather than sticking with one that reserves it for the favoured few.


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