Proportional representation is a consolation prize for losers

PR campaigners have already lost referenda in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, and seen their demands for a plebiscite rejected in New Brunswick. Yet they will not take no for an answer.

Canadian voters have a sharp eye for weeding out peculiar characters who skulk on the fringes of political thought: Social Creditors, flat-taxers, and petitioners who claim fluoridation is mind control.

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