Its election day and the results are pointing to a Liberal majority. I guess I can handle that. Its better than a Conservative majority in my opinion. What I'm really upset with though is that the referendum on changing our electoral process to a Mixed Member Proportional was defeated. Apparently resoundingly so. What I don't understand about that is why don't the people of Ontario want to live in a democracy?
The early results point to the Green Party receiving 8+% of the popular vote in Ontario. This will result in their recieving no representation in parliament as they didn't win a single riding. The result of this is 8+% of the people in Ontario will not have a voice in parliament. If the MMP had gone through that 8+% support would have translated into actual seats in parliament ensuring that those people had a real voice in the political process. With a parliament of 129 seats (the parliament would have been expanded to 129 from the present 107) 8% of the vote would equal about 10 seats. That would give them an actual voice in parliament and by extension the people who voted for them would have a voice as well.
That in the end is what a democracy is supposed to be about, but apparently the people in Ontario aren't interested in living in a democracy. How sad.
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Nicely said.
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