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Fortunately, our parliamentary system of government gives the citizens more power over our elected officials.
We have had government's be forced over to the opposition bench because a majority of house seats joined together to form a government.
We've also had recalls that have worked. So yes I agree the CPC represents a zany reality of govt. I don't think they would be able to pull off the same hijinks.
Our system has it's own quirks that leave us vulnerable, though. First past the post in combination with our parliamentary system means parties can conceivably win a majority and make whatever changes they want with as low as 38% of the vote. Personally I think it's the right time for the NDP to push the Liberals for electoral reform. It's not the most exciting topic nor the highest on people's mind at the moment, but a move to MMP would ensure that any party would need better than 50% of the population to be behind them to do such things, at least.
I don't think the Liberals want to do electoral reform unless it's ranked ballot choice (where of course everyone's #2 choice is the centrist Liberal candidate ...) - they want to be able to govern with majorities which they'd never get under a proportional representation system.
This is unfortunately one of the frustrating things about getting electoral reform - only the winners can change the rules that made them winners, so they don't want to change them!
I agree but I think Trudeau understands that we are in a dangerous time where letting a minority have majority control could do lasting damage to our society. He himself has to understand that his own time in power is limited at this point. Perhaps he can be convinced to move on this as a sort of legacy gesture.
I swear if he managed to pull that off I'd actually respect him.