But the people who get there decide what gets done.

I’m of the opinion that everything else trickles down from this issue. Until my vote matters – until thousands of votes from potential NDP supporters in non-competitive ridings matter – people will continue to vote Liberal in order to fend off the Conservative menace or not vote at all.

If there was PR, we’d have elected 45-50 MPs last time, and frankly, you can get a lot more done with that number than you can with 19 Members.

Maybe it’s because I live in a place with an entirely different political culture than the rest of the country, but this is an issue that’s really important to me. Some of us are tired of throwing our votes away, essentially. Where I’m at, two parties (well, three, if you count the PQ provincially and the BQ federally) dominate the political discourse and turn it into an extremely polarizing environment. It’s similar to the United States, here, where there are two big players, and it’s almost impossible for anyone else to break through.

The NDP isn’t going to make gains in Quebec without first electing one or two MPs from the province who can speak about Quebec’s issues. With PR, there’d be one or two NDP MPs from Quebec immediately. Without it, it will certainly take generations.

I don’t mean to seem as though I’m taking this out on you… I know you’re not the only one who holds that view!