The Ontario Superior Court will soon assess the constitutionality of our current electoral system, which has contributed to a significant imbalance among the branches of government
The Ontario Superior Court will soon assess the constitutionality of our current electoral system, which has contributed to a significant imbalance among the branches of government
I agree with the problems of FPTP, but it’s been in place since the beginning of Canada. Is the argument that its been unconstitutional always? Since the CCRF?
Maybe it’s not FPTP that’s unconstitutional, but how the parties operate. But again, the parties have been around forever too.
I’m glad they’re taking a run at it
The First Past the Post voting system is inherently flawed, but it takes a while for those flaws to become clear. CGP Grey has a great video discussing it.
Essentially, first past the post encourages strategic voting where you vote not for the party you support, but against the party you dislike. Strategic voters will vote for whatever party has the biggest chance of beating out the disliked party. This will inevitably lead to a de facto two party system where power flip flops back and forth between two terrible parties that don’t represent the political interests of the population at all, as voters become forced into choosing between the lesser of two evils.