I would like it if Canada adopted some sort of hybrid first-past-the-post/proportional representation system like some of the European countries (I think New Zealand has this too). In this system one of your votes goes to the one of the incumbents contesting the riding and your other vote goes to a political party. This would prevent a party getting less than 40% of the popular vote getting a majority while allowing local ridings to get proper representation. And it would increase voter turnout as well because then citizens wouldn't feel like their vote doesn't count. I could have voted for the Liberal MP (who finished in 2nd place. The NDP were a distant 3rd in my riding) in my riding "strategically" to make sure Conservative MP doesn't get my riding and then vote NDP for the proportional representation vote to benefit my preferred political party. Just about every first world nation aside from the Commonwealth nations has Proportional Representation to some extent. It's time that we adopted it.
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