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Federation has failed.
FPtP is hierarchical and thus paternalistic by nature - manifest in that "I've got a mandate" nonsense after getting 40% of votes from 60% of the electorate. PR (used in 90 countries, incl. 85% of OECD countries) produces fewer elections, greater policy stability through coalitions, has higher voter turn-out (esp. among younger voters and women), less Income Inequality, greater fiscal responsibility (more surpluses and fewer deficits) and higher economic growth (promoting more broad interest - rather than “special interest” - policies), and greater voter engagement and satisfaction across the political spectrum. It also limits the effect of otherwise exaggerated regional as well as urban-rural differences found in Majoritarian FPtPost systems, as well as decreases skewing election results through Gerrymandering Electoral Boundaries. The question is: "Do we, as Canadian citizens, think our vote should carry equal weight and representation with that of every other citizen's vote?"
Government should represent the majority not 35% or even 40% of the people who voted
The problem. with proportional representation is the high likelihood of several splinter groups being elected and no party with a majority. and the necessity of the largest party to be 'blackmailed' by a splinter group to get their support - See the tragedy of Israel.