Mr. Cooper, it is perfectly legitimate for you to see virtues in the single member simple plurality system. We can always consider the extent to which people are ready to accept the discrepancy between the will of the people and the number of seats. There are always compromises to make. All systems have their pros and cons. We in the NDP feel that the discrepancies that result from the single member simple plurality system are too great.
The problem is not always simply that 40% of the votes give 60% of the seats. Sometimes, the contradiction even extends to the will being expressed in elections. At federal level, it has only happened once, but at provincial level, in Quebec, it happened in 1944, in 1966 and in 1998. The party that obtained most votes did not win the election and formed the opposition. The party that came second in terms of the number of votes won the election by getting the greatest number of seats. So there you have a reversal of the will expressed by the people.
Do you find that system acceptable or is it too risky?