The election results once again show how ludicrous and unfair a system of elections we have in this country. The Liberals increased their popular vote by just one percentage points and gained 10 seats; they can now govern unimpeded for four years, with the support of just 38.7 percent of the 51% of eligible voters who bothered to vote.
The PCs lost 4.2 percent of the popular vote and got punished by a loss of 10 seats. The NDP also gained one percentage point but got nothing. The Greens increased their percent of the vote by 66%, garnering almost 5 % of the popular vote but still have no MPP at Queen's Park.
There is a better way. The 2007 referendum on proportional representation was not a fair test, as Fred Cutler and Patrick Fournier have shown.(*)
Erwin Dreessen
(*) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/why-ontarians-said-no-to-mmp...
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