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mimi lee
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Mimi Lee is one of the main organizers of Torontonian HongKongers Action Group , which the group has been organizing different events since June last year in Toronto to raise awareness and support the current pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong started by the extradition to China bill fiasco. Since 2012, she has been awakened by the Moral and National Education controversy in Hong Kong, and realized that Hong Kong has been going downhill for so many years since the handover in 1997. After the Umbrella Movement in 2014, it has encouraged her to do a lot more than just supporting Hong Kong, but actually involved in different initiatives raising awareness of the situation of Hong Kong.

 

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Remembering Ed Broadbent

January 12, 2024
Graphic by Broadbent Institute

Canada has lost a global advocate for human rights in Ed Broadbent, former leader of the NDP. He has left an indelible mark on Canada and the world. We remember Ed  Broadbent on this day…

For those who have similar visions about Canada and  its need to become more inclusive, Ed Broadbent stated: 

“There are four particular points on why I think that any variety or type of PR (proportional representation) is by far to be preferred over first past the post (FPTP)."

We should continue his vision and try to get Canada to become a more inclusive country. Proportional Representation will help us achieve it because it allows for more votes to count towards electing MPs to the House of Commons. 

“What I don't like", he said, "is a First-Past-the-Post electoral system that totally distorts the democratic will. If we can keep the practice of having individual MPs and add to it a system of PR, then I think we'd have the best of all possible worlds.”

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