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Hannah Poon
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Neurodivergent writer, poet, artist, Crohnie, etc 🦋 | she/her | host of the podcast Literary Lullabies | I wrote a book: https://www.amazon.ca/stores/Hannah-Poon/author/B09BP1ZRS7
May 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
May 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It would be.
The information exists. Right now, it’s just a matter of data entry and storage.

I encourage everyone to volunteer or work with Elections Canada at least once. It’s an incredibly insightful experience.
Prior to 2020, I worked every federal and provincial election since I was 18.
May 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
(Note: Terrebonne was briefly held by Groupe Parliamentaire, which split from and then merged back to the Bloc, with a single MP through the split and remerge).

You cannot possibly know how a riding might flip until after all ballots have been cast and counted.
Every single vote matters.
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I genuinely do not understand what you mean.
Many of the ridings that flipped by a narrow margin had previously been held by one party or another by a wide margin for many years or decades. Terrebonne is an excellent example, actually, having been Bloc since 1993
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This information is kept by Elections Canada and can be accessed by anyone. Currently, you can go back to 1997, though raw data is only available online as far back as 2006.

www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
Past elections
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www.elections.ca
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Also, I think our government would look very different if 100% if eligible voters truly believed their vote mattered and voted their conscience.
May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I maintain, regardless of how much our system needs changing (and it does need changing), every single vote counts.
Furthermore, if every eligible voter in this country did their civic duty and voted, we would have a much stronger sense of where support falls.
May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The votes in a riding with a small winning margin are no more important. They only require more attention to ensure counting was done correctly.
It seems as though you may be conflating the likelihood of a counting error in a riding with the importance of the votes in that riding.
May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The votes in the ridings with a large winning margin are no less important than the votes from ridings with a small margin.
The votes from the ridings with a large margin simply declare a stronger mandate for that party in that riding.
May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I do not follow your argument at all.
Our system is flawed. I agree with that. Campaigns have been run since I started voting decades ago on changing our system.
Some ridings win with a large margin, some with a very tiny (1 vote) margin.
May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A seat means a voice for issues. And if a single ballot can change a voice, every single vote matter. Even if your party doesn’t lead. Even if your party only has a single seat. It’s a voice and it makes a difference.
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I respectfully disagree.
Recounts like this show how, regardless of who you vote for, every single vote really does count.
It came down to a single ballot. One person.
That has the potential to be true for any party in any riding, giving a seat and voice, regardless of who the leading party is.
May 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And here’s the used filter showing the front and back at the same time.
I deserve clean air.
I deserve to be healthy.
So do you.
May 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A lot of people switched party loyalty so strongly that we need to demand the highest level of excellence and cooperation from our leaders.
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM