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Reddit at 2025-02-24T12:00 - Hi r/Ontario, I’m Mike Schreiner, leader of the Ontario Green Party, AMA. (www.reddit.com)

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Hi r/Ontario. As you may have heard, there’s an election in Ontario right now. Doug Ford called it more than a year early because he cares more about keeping his job than he does about the people of Ontario. In light of that it’s been really encouraging to read all the discussions about the election here and see so many folks encouraging their neighbours to get out and vote.

Ontario Greens are fighting for a fairer Ontario. We have a plan to build more homes and bring costs down, cut taxes for folks making under $65,000 while asking the wealthiest to pay their fare share, and protect our critical food and farming industry from sprawl.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. You can find the rest of our platform at: https://gpo.ca/platform/

I wanted to take a moment to answer as many questions as I can about all things provincial politics, electoral reform, and fantasy tunnels.

I’ll be back on Monday at 12PM to answer as many questions as I can. In the meantime GO VOTE!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

On 2025-02-24T14:21 Mike Schreiner:

I'm taking off now but thank you for all your questions! Remember to VOTE on February 27th and bring a friend with you if you can!

I'd like to highlight his comments on a fair voting system:

It’s clear that we need to ensure that every vote counts and that the legislature reflects the democratic will of the people. Unfortunately, the current system doesn’t do that, which is why Ontario Greens are strong advocates for electoral reform.

Keep speaking up, engaging with political discourse (like you’re doing on this thread!) and holding elected officials and politicians to account. And importantly, vote for the candidate that you think will best represent you at Queen’s Park, including one that will advocate for electoral reform.

I believe voter apathy is primarily caused by FPTP/winner-take-all systems. Therefore, the only viable long term solution is proportional representation: https://lemmy.ca/c/fairvote