When politicians don't stand up for our civil rights, it's up to citizens to fight for those rights in court. Nobody else can do it for us.

Since the Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms was established in the 1980s, the courts have been ruling in favour of fair and equal representation in Canadian and provincial elections. Now, we're challenging the (un)fairness of the first-past-the-post voting system itself. 

Donate to make sure our challenge is fully heard in court. 

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    Springtide Chair
    posted by | 9sc
    August 18, 2024

    Legal Issues in our Appeal

    Over the past month or so, we've shared with you what the judge made of the evidence we presented in the Charter Challenge and laid out various objections we have related to his findings. Starting today, we shift our attention to the legal arguments that we've made, and start discussing the various ways we feel that the judge "fell into error" in considering our case so that you'll have a better sense of what we're hoping to prove when we appear at the appeal in November.
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    Springtide Chair
    posted by | 9sc
    August 12, 2024

    What Did We Prove in Court? Part 5 - Discrimination Against Minority Groups

    From Aug 10: In our last few messages, we've been sharing with you the key findings the judge made in our first hearing about how First-Past-the-Post (FPTP). Today, we present the last main group of findings - how FPTP discriminates against minority groups.
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Key Events in the Case:

  • We're currently waiting for our appeal to be heard (scheduled for Nov 2024)
  • We submitted our appeal factum in late April 2024.
  • We filed our Notice of Appeal on Dec 29, 2023.
  • Justice Ed Morgan issued his ruling on Nov 30, 2023 and unfortunately dismissed our application.
  • The case was heard September 26-28, 2023 in the Ontario Superior Court.
  • We received the government's affidavits in late Fall 2022.
  • We served the government with our affidavit and evidence package in May 2021.
  • We filed the case with the Ontario Superior Court in October 2019.

How you can help

The main way you can help is to support the case financially. We are now raising $30,000 to support our preparations for filing a leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (spring 2025). You can support the case for as little as a dollar a month.

What to expect

At each step, we set a donation goal based on our estimate of the costs for the next stage of the process, and invite our supporters to contribute towards that goal to ensure the case can continue to move forward.