Once again I watch the Canadian electoral system fail to return a result remotely close to the will of the people. Democracies snicker as they see us parading through this laughable exercise.
The Canadian electoral system is completely out of date and about as accurate as a drunk surgeon. Canada needs to join the 21st century and reform its electoral system.
This election has returned the following screwball results: Conservatives, 37% of the vote and 47% of the seats; Liberals 28% of the vote and 24% of the seats; NDP 19% of the vote and 12% of the seats; The Bloc Quebecois 9% of the vote and 16% of the seats; The Green Party 6.5% of the vote and 0% of the seats. Wonky, erratic results.
This is the parliament we wanted: Conservatives: 114; Liberals: 86; BQ: 27; NDP: 57; Greens: 20. Nowhere near what we received for our participation.
There is no point in casting a ballot if the system returns such skewed results, voter turnout continues to decline as more and more people become disillusioned by this archaic structure.
Those of us who do vote waste our time and energy trying to plan our ballot carefully in order to block the candidate from the party we dislike the most. Voting is supposed to be about being able to vote for whoever you want and not feel it is a waste.
Canada lags as far behind the rest of the world on democracy as we do on climate change.
