From Fair Vote Canada:
In The Globe and Mail, Andrew Coyne argues minority governments are better suited to governing in a crisis because they require negotiation and cooperation.
He’s right. Many of Canada’s “majority” governments are elected with less than 40% of the vote, yet hold total power.
That’s not real majority rule.
Minority governments show what’s possible when parties have to work together. Proportional representation would make that collaboration the norm, not the exception.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-minority-government-crisis-carney/
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