Andrew Coyne on MMP
Sep 24, 2007 in Ideas
I think the most exciting thing happening on Oct. 10 is not the Ontario election but the referendum that goes along with it (that and the fact it’s Hispanic Heritage Month!)
I’m not quite sure why people are having such a hard time getting this MMP system.
It took me about 30 seconds to explain it to someone the other day and they thought it was a half-decent idea.
A lot of lefty-progressive types are banging on the MMP drum hard these last few months and I don’t blame them. If you’re a member of the Green Party that 5-10% of the vote you get every election should translate into actual seats at Queen’s Park.
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It should also make “progress” in this province a little bit more of a stutter step than the wild pendulum swings that you tend to get with the current system.
Even Andrew Coyne
likes the system, arguing that the new system would mean that conservative ideas have a better chance of influencing the debate on a regular basis rather than in one big shot like in the Harris ‘Common Sense’ years.
Andrew, I’m with you on this one.