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Originally Posted by Rerun
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Maybe I'm jaded, but that to me is a pretty empty promise. "We promise, we won't do any of the party-discipline stuff that parties do behind closed doors. Pinky swear!"
And in any case, not really anything like proportional representation--if anything, an across-the-board free-vote policy emphasizes the fact that a given MLA, having won the support of just over 25% of his riding's voters, considers himself entitled to run amok with his own agenda, which three-quarters of his constituents oppose.