POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Dalton Mcguinty, John Stuart Mill, Bob Rae

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In a 2007 referendum, voters in ontario were given the opportunity to modify the province"s existing electoral system. The alternative electoral system proposed by the citizens" assembly (mixed member proportional) Elections provide a forum upon which the public can input their position on issues of national importance, however for the average canadian citizen, the franchise is often neglected due to a plethora of reasons. Principally, voters question their impact within the political system and cite inconsistencies in election results as their justification. In this essay, i will argue that moving from the current. Fptp system to proportional mmp system would provide for electoral results which more accurately reflect the popular vote, better representation at the local level, and would cause no more difficulty for the voter. first-past-the-post, or fptp, is the current method of electing mpps and is how canadians have traditionally chosen federal and provincial representatives.

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