I recommend a mixed-member proportional system for federal elections. The MMP system balances the need for regional representation and the need to have a fair and accurate reflection of voters' political preferences. The MMP system should be designed with approximately one-third of the MPs elected by party ballot to ensure proportional representation. Our current first-past-the-post system fails to meet the most basic principle of democracy, namely, the right to fair representation. I give the following example to illustrate this point.
In the 1993 federal election, the Progressive Conservative Party received 2,186,000 votes and won two seats. During the same election, the Bloc Québécois received 1,846,000 votes and won 54 seats. This sort of distorted election result serves no one's best interest and results in an unstable political landscape that is subject to volatile swings. Please remedy this by replacing our outdated voting system with one that is accurate and proportional. Regarding the concerns of extreme views being represented by small parties, I believe it is better to have these views represented so they can be debated openly, rather than having them suppressed where they will grow in alienation.
Thank you.