found an online anti-PR thing
says
"Proportional Representation systems are widely used in Europe and in Australia for upper houses. Proportional Representation systems attempt to relate the allocation of seats as closely as possible to the distribution of votes. Many Proportional Representation systems have been developed to overcome the problems of proportionality that are associated with single member constituencies which use either plurality or majoritorian systems. Multi-member constituencies where there is more than one vacancy are necessary for proportional representation to work well. Constituencies can range from the whole country or state to parts of the country. WE DO NOT HAVE MULTI-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES IN CANADA."
the all caps were in the original.
writer thus dusts off his hands and thinks he can forget about PR.
my rebuttal is -- gosh I wonder. is it possible to have MMDs? Did we ever have MMDs?
to which his answer would likely be "no no - no way no how"
but of course we know truth ...
every province and two territories had MMDs at one time or another
as many as ten elected in a district.
eleven federal ridings had two members at one time
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