Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1448 - The Need for Electoral Reform with Roberta Tevlin

Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Roberta Tevlin about the need for Electoral Reform. This week Brian has interviewed a former Premier, a former Dean and expert on Innovation and a conservative PR expert. Today he interviews a party member who is convinced the biggest issue is our first past the post electoral system. Roberta Tevlin, a retired physics teacher and political newcomer, shares her family's political history and discussed her recent activism in electoral reform. Together Brian and Roberta explore various electoral systems and reforms, including proportional representation, mixed member proportional systems, and lowering the voting age, while addressing concerns about voter turnout and political engagement. Roberta discusses the effectiveness of the first-past-the-post electoral system in Canada, highlighting how the Conservative Party, with a minority of the popular vote, has gained a majority of seats, which undermines the influence of other parties and voter engagement. Roberta emphasizes the need for a nonpartisan citizens' assembly to evaluate different systems and collaborate with the NDP, Liberals, and Greens to achieve a fair and effective change. She also addresses questions on compulsory voting, preferential voting systems, and the potential for referenda and recall votes to increase citizen participation in the political process.