I was reading the Globe and Mail’s article announcing that the New Brunswick primer is going to work toward having a referendum on proportional representation. Good news, that. But then I found this in the article:
Other provinces are presently at various stages of electoral reform, with British Columbia and Prince Edward Island having voted to reject versions of proportional representation.
This is actually untrue. In BC most people voted for it, but just because a majority voted for the system, doesn’t mean to the BC government that they should get it. They needed to get over 60% (what some call a “super majority”) to pass. Also, in BC they will be having a second referendum in 2009.
The people not getting what they vote for. This seems to be a recurring theme.
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