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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Here's my challenge to the Wild Rose: if you are truly a populist party, and not the re-incarnation of the old-guard Tories, then you should have no problem coming out strongly in favour of proportional representation.
It's the ideal grassroots form of democracy; it encourages widespread political participation across party affiliations and socio-economic backgrounds, and promotes governance that is truly connected with the foundational norms that are most important to people. It also forces governments to be more conciliatory and less ideological and may in that way discourage the "American-style" negative campaigning that we've seen from the two major parties in this election.
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It also produces endless minority governments which generally means constant campaigning and gridlock in the legislature. Trying to keep everyone happy also means that the tough decisions never get made and spending stays high. We'd still be buried in debt if Klein had to deal with a minority. No thanks.