Leadnow

Leadnow (French: A L'action) is a Canadian non-profit, independent citizens' advocacy organization founded in 2011.[1] It campaigns for a just, sustainable, and equitable Canada, built and defended through the democratic power of an engaged public.[2][3]

Leadnow
Formation2011
TypeNon-profit
PurposeHealthy environment, just society, fair economy, open democracy
Membership
500,000
WebsiteLeadnow.ca

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][8]

After the 2015 election, Leadnow supporters campaigned to change the voting system from first-past-the-post to some form of proportional representation.[9] 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"[10] in February 2017.[11]

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


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