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    Climate Change
    Democracy
    Fracking & LNG
    Policy Note
    Transparency & accountability
    BC Office

    False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby

    As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of…

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    Democracy
    Law & legal issues
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Great news for human rights in BC!

    On November 27, sixteen years after the previous government abolished it, the BC government passed legislation to bring back the BC Human Rights Commission. Human…

  • Democracy
    Policy Note
    Transparency & accountability
    BC Office

    Pro rep leads to better public policy

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…

  • Original image: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Reading_a_Book_at_his_Desk_Cartoon.svg" target="_blank">VideoPlasty</a> / Wikimedia Commons” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_oct2018_SKChoices.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_oct2018_SKChoices-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_oct2018_SKChoices-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Democracy
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Getting to pro rep: How I plan to rank the options

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…

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    Democracy
    Policy Note
    Transparency & accountability
    BC Office

    Pro rep will indeed mean more minority governments — bring it on!

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…

  • Democracy
    Indigenous Rights
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Designated Indigenous seats: A possibility for political inclusion?

    As the Federal Court of Appeal’s quashing of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) showcases, a wide chasm remains between the federal government’s platitudes of…

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    Democracy
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    The case for electoral reform

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This is the fourth post in a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from…

  • Democracy
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    How electoral reform enhances local representation

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This is the third post in a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from…

  • Democracy
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Electoral reform will not enable the far right: Debunking a red herring

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This is the second post of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from…

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    Democracy
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Electoral reform is simple, actually

    Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This is the first post of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from…

  • Democracy
    Policy Note
    Transparency & accountability
    BC Office

    Do you want a more transparent, accountable government? Tell them so!

    The story goes that Franklin Delano Roosevelt once met with a group of activists who wanted bold action. He listened and then said, “You’ve convinced…

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