It is three days since the PEI election and another attempt at bringing in proportional representation. It came very, very close, but failed. It lost with 49%. Had it been reversed, would 51% really be a win? We need middle ground. And we have it.
We can learn a lot from election systems around the world. Then we need to build ours here at home. Canada glided into democracy 1.0 out of colonial rule. It is time to glide into democracy 2.0.
The Liberals came to power with a promise that 2015 would be the last election with the stodgy old electoral system. So here we are! On the dawn of a new age! A new and exciting election system this fall!
Well, something happened on the way to the bank, I guess. Proportional representation was just a bridge too far. Where we should be going is more like an intersection than a bridge.