Leadnow Explained

Leadnow
Formation:2010
Type:Non-profit
Purpose:Healthy environment, just society, fair economy, open democracy
Membership:500,000

Leadnow (French: French: A L'action) is a Canadian non-profit, independent citizens' advocacy organization founded in 2010.[1] It campaigns for a just, sustainable, and equitable Canada, built and defended through the democratic power of an engaged public.[2] [3]

The organization has been a vocal opponent to the Trans Mountain Pipeline.[4] [5]

"Vote Together" was Leadnow's 2015 election campaign, "the best-organized strategic voting project [the] election, with a footprint in dozens of ridings", according to The Globe and Mail.[6] Amara Possian, campaign manager for Vote Together, told The New York Times in 2015 that "the long-term objective of Vote Together is to make strategic voting obsolete by replacing Canada's winner-take-all system".[7]

After the 2015 election, Leadnow supporters campaigned to change the voting system from first-past-the-post to some form of proportional representation.[8] They were unsuccessful when the Liberal government abandoned its promise "to ensure that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system"[9] in February 2017.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About LeadNow . LeadNow . 2017 . July 18, 2018.
  2. Web site: Our Vision. Leadnow.ca (new site demo). January 17, 2020.
  3. Web site: Leadnow: people powered change. Leadnow.ca. January 17, 2020.
  4. Web site: Rallies planned across Canada to protest Kinder Morgan buyout . June 4, 2018. July 18, 2018 . . News 1130.
  5. Web site: Justin Trudeau to pressure B.C. government to accept Trans Mountain pipeline . April 11, 2018. July 18, 2018 . . Ljunggren . David . Gordon . Julie.
  6. News: The 'big experiment' of voting strategically this election. January 20, 2020.
  7. News: Canadian Campaign Blurs Party Lines to Thwart Conservatives. Austen. Ian. October 15, 2015. The New York Times. January 17, 2020. en-US. 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Submission to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. Northam. Katelynn. 2016. OurCommons.
  9. Web site: Opposition accuses Trudeau of 'betrayal' as Liberals abandon promise of electoral reform. Wherry. Aaron. Feb 1, 2017. CBC.
  10. News: Trudeau breaks voting system pledge. February 1, 2017. BBC News. January 25, 2020.