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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
You'll all be in your cold, cold graves before we see proportional representation. It would take a complete overhall of our monarchy/Westminster style to a full republic.
Look how difficult it is to get rid of the Senate, something that I would say the overwhelming majority of Canadians would support. Anyone who falls for Trudeau saying he'll enact proportional rep, just as anyone who seriously thought Harper would get rid of the Senate, is pretty naive.
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I disagree. Constitutional reform is possible in Canada, just not under a Prime Minister that a strong majority of Canadians hate. It would not be easy, but it is possible under a consensus-building PM. Trudeau Sr. did it (patriation, 1982); Mulroney almost succeeded as well (Meech Lake).
The Western provinces and Conservative party would likely resist any electoral reforms however as they stand to lose the most from them. The Conservatives consistently win almost every urban riding in the region, for example, because Libs/NDP split the vote.