Over at democraticspace.com there is a list of newspaper editorials discussing electoral reform in Ontario, and MMP specifically.
Check them out!
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Vote for MMP! Newspaper Editorial Edition...
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I fear that it will guarantee minority governments too often. It seems to work in some other countries, but look at Italy - an election almost every year since 1945, because any coalition falls apart very rapidly. If we change, minority parties will have too much clout! I'd sooner keep our current system--at least we can turf them out on a rotating basis.
JMR, if there really is a problem with minority governments, we should have a legislature with only one representative. Our MPP would be the premier. No worries about minority governments, the vote in the legislature will always be 1-0. We'll have permanent majority governments.
Vote for MMP.
No matter how supporters of MMP try to put the lipstick on this pig, it's still a pig. Putting members in the legislature who never had to face the electorate is no different than the situation in the federal Senate: they will all be cronies whose sympathies will lie with their party masters. In my opinion, only a political junky could see this as a step forward to fair representation.
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