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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Good examples, I just can't see it happening though.
I kind of like the system we have now, it makes it possible to have strong governments without needing a majority vote, which would never happen. I say this also as someone who is hesitant about the new Liberal majority and extremely dissatisfied with our Provincial majority. I would expect the groundswell of support for proportional rep was mostly people unhappy with the Conservatives. It'll rise again once the Liberal majority government has irked enough people.
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That's very true. However, with more seats added to the Commons (and given the number of minority governments we have seen in the past 15 years), you can expect that under the current electoral model minority governments will become more and more common. This is due to the regionalism and regional nature of Canadian politics. So, either way the parties are going to have to work together.