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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
That's pure BS. The commentary in 1997 was that this country was in dire, desperate need of proportional representation. Can you find me some Canadian leftist commentary AGAINST PR from 1997 or later? I can tell you that personally, I have been supporting PR from well before '97 and think that it stinks that ANYONE have a majority with 38% of the popular vote.
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I do agree with PR, but I disagree that it's so bad now. Obviously with 5 parties you aren't going to get 50%+ of the electorate agreeing. It's not surprising or awful. It is what it is. Win your seats.
The worst it ever was for seats vs vote was the BQ. And they are gone now!
