Proportional Representation

Shouldn't we speak more clearly about reforming our present "first past the post" electoral system? As the latest federal election results have shown the distribution of seats in the House of Commons doesn't correspond very well to the votes cast (we won 6.8% of the popular vote, yet, we have no seats in the House - Bloc Quebecois won 10% and they ended up with 50 seats in the House). About 7% of citizens who voted were left unrepresented in the House of Commons. Couldn’t we call it democratic deficiency?

Isn't it our duty as Canadian citizens and subjects of the Crown to provide best service to the people and best representation under the Queen's rule? Present electoral system does encourage political competitiveness but it does not reflect the mosaic of people's political desires in a best of way. It seems to me that a reasonably fair electoral system could be a combination of "first past the post" and proportional representation ones. It would promote the best of political talent in the country, respecting a variety of political ideas and initiatives that could contribute to our general wellbeing in a better way that what we have now.

Let's say that filling 70% of seats in the House of Commons through "first past the post" election and the remainder through proportional representation (from federal political party lists submitted ahead of the election to the Elections Canada, top to bottom) could be a nice way to ensure fairer political representation at the federal level (if more than 30% of seats would be filled from political party list we could debate that political parties hold to much of the decision making power in their hands). I wonder what Ms. May could do along these lines. Could our party take a firmer stand with regard to this issue and raise it with relevant offices?