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Originally Posted by #-3
People talk about this as a betrayal to voters. To me our political system betrays voters by not allowing representatives to vote the way that best represents their constituency on every single issue. That is what they were elected to do.
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Well, unfortunately, that's just the way our system works. More often than not representatives have to tow the party line on important votes and this is the way it's been for quite some time now. Fixing the system is an entirely different issue IMO.
Given the way the system works isn't really a surprise to anyone, what about the voters that voted for an MLA that they felt best represented their constituency? Only to have said MLA cross the floor to another party with a different set of values..