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[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago

They won't.

The Liberals would rather lose to the CPC for a cycle or two than implement PR, which a) drag the whole country leftward, economically, which the donor class doesn't want, and b) would see them never realize a majority government.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

a) drag the whole country leftward, economically

I'm a big supporter of PR (I don't really understand people who aren't -- it gives your vote more weight). I also support more social spending and higher taxes for extreme wealth.

My understanding is that countries that have implemented it have a more fractured government where people complain that it can't get anything done. Given the support that cpc apparently has, and all the "fuck trudeau" people, i'm suspicious that we wouldn't also have a healthy representation the right; people with whom i disagree.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

Saying that PR means a more fractured gov't instead of saying it means elected officials have to work together to come to a consensus is a bit naive at best.

Just because a gov't wouldn't have carte blanche to do whatever they wanted is not a bad thing. It just means they'll have to change they way they do things.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 months ago

I don't understand how it's naive at best? What you've stated, sounds almost the same as what i stated except with optimism.

This is a pretty insulting, and not bound to help people listen and understand you.

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