Jim Patterson 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@jfmezei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jfmezei</span></a></span> There's lots of info out there eg at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/fairvote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fairvote</span></a></span> . Basically a system is proportional if the number of MPs per party reflects the party's share of the vote. The Electoral Commission recommended that Canada adopt a Mixed Member Proportional system where you still elected local MPs but parties would top up the legislature to match their vote share. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://x-activitypub-bridge.deno.dev/users/14260960" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JustinTrudeau</span></a></span> nixed this, of course.<br>Here's a good description<br><a href="https://canadianreturnee.medium.com/fixing-canadas-democracy-why-mixed-member-proportional-representation-is-the-answer-efec57b4d246" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canadianreturnee.medium.com/fi</span><span class="invisible">xing-canadas-democracy-why-mixed-member-proportional-representation-is-the-answer-efec57b4d246</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a></p>