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Originally Posted by Zarley
First past the post has yielded generally good governance for the entirety of Canada's existence. I don't understand the enthusiasm for moving away from it.
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It creates voter apathy, it magnifies election effects into a two-party system, it results in minority rule where the majority of the country actually disagree with the ruling party.
Let's get with the 21st century. Canada is a changing, progressive country. Just because something worked for the 19th and 20th centuries where this was a much more homogeneous culture, doesn't mean that it works for the diverse country that we are living in today and in the future.
I don't think PR is the solution