Activists hope ghoulish performance will raise proportional representation from the dead
On Jan. 27, protesters donned their best zombie outfits and performed a sketch outside of Liberal Minister of Parliament Lloyd Longfield’s office in Guelph. The aim of the performance was to spur social and political interest in electoral reform.[trx_slider engine=”swiper” custom=”yes” count=”3″ offset=”0″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” controls=”yes” pagination=”no” titles=”no” descriptions=”0″ links=”yes” crop=”yes” autoheight=”yes” slides_per_view=”1″ slides_space=”0″ interval=”5000″ top=”inherit” bottom=”inherit” left=”inherit” right=”inherit”] [trx_slider_item src=”https://www.theontarion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ZombieWalk3_ZoeyRoss.jpg”] [trx_slider_item src=”https://www.theontarion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ZombieWalk1_ZoeyRoss.jpg”] [/trx_slider]
The play, titled Voting Dysfunction Creates UnDemocratic, UnRepresented Zombies, was collectively written and staged by Fair Vote Guelph. Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario, was in attendance.
“The electoral reform discussion is one I hope we can return to someday, as I consider it an open issue,” said Longfield in an email to The Ontarion. “I look forward to improvements in how Parliament functions to allow for more constructive dialogue at committee and in the House.”
Photo by Zoey Ross