Note: All suggested activities listed here should be applicable to either an individual or a youth group. If there is something specific that a youth group could do, which would be less reasonable for an individual youth to do, it will be listed below the main suggestion.

Background/General Information:
Do Canadians actually have representative democracy? In the last federal election, more than a half-million Green Party voters across the country elected no one. Meanwhile, fewer than a half-million Liberal voters in Atlantic Canada alone elected 23 MPs. Saskatchewan voters elected 11 Conservative MPs and Quebec elected none, even though almost twice as many voted Conservative in Quebec. In the prairie provinces, Liberals cast half as many votes as Conservatives, but elected only one-seventh as many MPs. So much for voter equality and the right to representation. from Fair Vote Canada website)

How can You Help?:

Sign the Fair Vote Canada Petition

If your province/territory has not started the process of electoral review, help it along! If you live in Alberta or Ontario, print off one of Fair Vote Canada’s petitions and collect signatures:

http://www.fairvotecanada.org/fvc/Alberta 

http://www.fairvotecanada.org/fvc/Ontario 

If you do not live in Alberta or Ontario, start your own petition! (check out the ones above for the general idea) Getting in touch with your local Fair Vote Canada chapter and asking them how you can help their efforts would also be a great way to help out. Current chapters are listed here:  If there isn’t one for your city/town or region, contact the closest one and ask about helping them, or even starting a chapter in your area!

Do you have a resource or a suggestion you don’t see here? Do you know of a cause or an organization which should be included in this website? If so, please email me and tell me about it! annapierrette@gmail.com