[fvc-wat-disc] Bob Hepburn - anti-PR piece in the Star

[stuchandler43]

It doesn't take  a genius to see through Bob Hepburn's bombastic blather about how scary PR is. It is truly unfortunate that he uses his position of "journalist" as a bully pulpit to spread his stupidity with such perceived authority. His piece contains the information necessary to refute his useless fear of Max Bernier and the PPC, who he claims would create havic with the 25 seats they may have gained under PR.  25 seats out of 338 would only be of influence if the Conservatives got about 160 seats, and needed the PPC to pass legislation.  With all the polls of public opinion in Canada indicating that Canadians are overwhelmingly progressive politically, there is zero likelihood of that happening under PR. But it could happen under FPTP (!!!!!), which could allow the CPC to "win" enough seats with 30% of the votes (let's say) to gain a minority close enough to half that the few seats Bernier might get (in this hypothetical case) could allow them to form a coalition government capable of passing legislation. So, once again, PR proves it's better than FPTP since such a scenario is much less likely to happen with a PR Electoral system.Moreover, under FPTP, Justin has just been showing us how easy it is for his minority Liberal party to ignore most of what the NDP wants because he's been pretty sure the NDP will prop the Liberals up rather than risk forcing an election that might allow the Conservatives to gain power.  (Only Justin was stupid enough to risk that fate!!)Ain't politics Fun?Cheerio StuSent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Kevin Smith <kevedsmith at gmail.com> Date: 2021-09-30  2:13 a.m.  (GMT-05:00) To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org> Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Bob Hepburn - anti-PR piece in the Star Things have gotten quiet apparently from the progressives calling for PR,, since the PPC would have been the main benefactor of it in this last election.https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2021/09/29/max-bernier-and-the-folly-of-electoral-reform.htmlKevin.
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