“We respect the result, but it doesn’t end here. … The desire to improve democracy in Canada remains strong.”
VICTORIA — Despite a decisive defeat in the recent B.C. referendum, proportional representation is not dead, nor even resting.
The P.E.I. government recently wrapped up public information sessions on the PR referendum to be held in tandem with this year’s provincial election. Apart from crafting a clear-cut choice, the P.E.I. government also raised the bar for passage beyond the simple majority mandated in B.C. To be adopted for the provincial election after next, MMP would need to win a majority of the votes in 60 per cent of the Island’s 27 ridings.The new government of Premier Francois Legault signed a pact before the last election with two other opposition parties to implement MMP without a referendum.
Together they took more than 70 per cent of the vote in the last election. Only the losing provincial Liberals opposed the switch in voting systems. The new system would be in place for the next Quebec provincial election in 2022. That is unless Premier Legault, who won 60 per cent of the seats in the national assembly with just 37 per cent of the popular vote, decides to go back on his promise.
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