How can you say that when MMP was rejected in Ontario by more than 63% to 37%?
Ontario voted "No" to MMP, not "Yes" to FPTP....holding referendum after referendum until you win is quite frankly undemocratic
STV "won" in BC with more than 57% of the vote -- but that isn't 60%.
The fact is that any voting system has its flaws... Canada [is] in much better shape than almost every other country... Our problems are trivial
How convenient for your point of view! Lower those expectations -- there really isn't any need to revise the voting system until things really get bad.
Seriously; our voting system should strive to represent the most people it can. FPTP only works when there are two choices on the ballot. We can do a hell of a lot better.
One should not confuse the rejection of MMP with the vindication of Plurality. The existence of the Ontario Citizens' Assembly itself should be evidence enough that the populace is NOT content with the current system.
Ontario was supposed to learn from the mistakes that British Columbia made during its Citizens' Assembly process; there were key failures in educating the public about the proposed system in both provinces -- one of the reasons we will be holding the BC referendum once again in 2009.
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How can you say that when MMP was rejected in Ontario by more than 63% to 37%?
...holding referendum after referendum until you win is quite frankly undemocratic
Ontario voted "No" to MMP, not "Yes" to FPTP.
STV "won" in BC with more than 57% of the vote -- but that isn't 60%.
The fact is that any voting system has its flaws... Canada [is] in much better shape than almost every other country... Our problems are trivial
How convenient for your point of view! Lower those expectations -- there really isn't any need to revise the voting system until things really get bad.
Seriously; our voting system should strive to represent the most people it can. FPTP only works when there are two choices on the ballot. We can do a hell of a lot better.
One should not confuse the rejection of MMP with the vindication of Plurality. The existence of the Ontario Citizens' Assembly itself should be evidence enough that the populace is NOT content with the current system.
Ontario was supposed to learn from the mistakes that British Columbia made during its Citizens' Assembly process; there were key failures in educating the public about the proposed system in both provinces -- one of the reasons we will be holding the BC referendum once again in 2009.