Yellowknife fordert Ottawa auf, eine proportionale Vertretung einzuführen

Well, he’s right that it is surprising, given how much less relevant voters in the territories are in a proportional system. Usually proportional systems keep some geography including one MP per territory, because they don’t like the optics of making northern and indigenous voters far less relevant.

PLEASE

Just get some common sense, and introduce an element of proportional representation to our dysfunctional voting system already. It should have been done *generations* ago. Obviously, politicians who benefit from the current system have opposed any changes because it serves their own interests – but at the cost of our democracy.

Think about how dangerous it is: a minority (say, separatists) of just over one-third of the electorate is enough to form a „majority“ government under our current system, and not only run the agenda but actually break the country up *contrary to the wishes of the majority*. That’s not just undemocratic, it’s dangerous.

Our current system is much more vulnerable to outside manipulation and interference – you don’t need to actually sway a majority of voters, just a well-financed vocal minority will do.

PLEASE introduce electoral reform before it is too late. In today’s much more hostile geopolitical environment, people complain about our military as a weakness but China, the USA, Russia and rich billionaires alike know it is our internal politics and our voting system that is Canada’s weakest link, not military invasion.