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The antiquated, undemocratic, insanity of the Canadian electoral system was really what took centre stage last night as Canadians all over the country tried to figure out how to twist and squeeze the First Past the Post system into a result that would stop our own mini-Trump.

We managed to do it successfully in enough places, but it had the opposite effect in others, allowing #CPC candidates to come up the middle, and all at the expense of our multi-party democracy.

There are plenty of ridings to pick from for examples, but the simplest example of what is wrong is always the national vote compared to seats.

Bloc: 6.4% national vote = 6.7% (23) seats.
NDP: 6.3% national vote = 2.0% (7) seats.

Until the two ‘ruling' parties fix this, Canada will never be a truly functional modern democracy.

Now, in a minority situation where doing what is best for the country as a whole should be top of everyone's agenda, could be a good time to push.

It would also save our Elections Canada workers from having to deal with another 6ft long ballot in some as yet undetermined riding. ;=)

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Elxn45 #PropotionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #PRNow