Statement by Fair Vote Canada on the recommendation by the Yukon Citizens’ Assembly for Alternative Vote:
Fair Vote Canada would like to recognize the hard work of the Yukon Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. We respect and support the deliberative process undertaken by citizens’ assemblies and we appreciate the time and commitment of each member.
We also recognize the difficult considerations involved when a recommendation is to be put to a referendum. As an organization for proportional representation, Fair Vote Canada (and its chapters) cannot support the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendation for Alternative Vote. As a winner-take-all system, Alternative Vote does not reflect the values Fair Vote Canada campaigns for: an electoral system in which the seats in a legislature more closely reflect the popular vote and almost every vote counts.