The conversations then went into the specific “dislikes” as well as “likes”.

In our current system, the candidate in each riding who garners the most votes wins the seat - sometimes even when he/she wins less than 30% of the votes cast and could be the last choice of 60% of the voters. On the other hand, he/she could be the second choice of a majority of the voters. No one knows, and under Canada’s present system it doesn’t make any difference. This First Past The Post (FPTP) system rewards only the winner in each riding, even if the winner’s margin is only a few votes. 

Likewise, when other political parties gain substantial votes and come close in a number of ridings, they gain no representation. The winner still takes all.

Therefore the resulting government does not reflect the will of the majority of voters, and many are realizing that their vote has not had any effect at all on who was elected.

This is a new web site about another kind of electoral system that makes a more representative model of democracy - a parliament that actually represents the choices of a far larger percentage of voters.

The breakdown of the Government at the beginning of Canada’s Fortieth Parliament has given Canada an unexpected opportunity for very positive change. Canada could improve its electoral system.

Although the world including Canada is in dire financial straits at this time, a large number of Canadians are becoming more aware of how Canada is governed, sometimes very badly. 

One person I interviewed is thirty-nine years old and was injured while serving Canada in Bosnia. Being a responsible citizen, he said he voted in every election since he was twenty. He said he has not yet voted for a winning candidate. He has not yet been able to point to an MP that his vote helped to elect. 

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