Singh call for Electoral Reform

Vincent J. Curtis

24 Oct 2019


It didn’t take long for disaffected losers to raise the tattered flag of electoral reform above ramparts shattered in the recent election.  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is waving it desperately to deflect attention from his party’s poor performance under his leadership.

In Vancouver Granville, the electorate chose Jody Wilson-Raybould as their Independent representative in the new parliament.  Under Mr. Singh’s tired and refuted plan of proportional representation, he would have to say to the people of Vancouver Granville that their choice and decision doesn’t matter.  JWR wasn’t selected by a party leader and so she can’t represent you.  Your preference doesn’t matter in the larger scheme of things.

Such is democracy under proportional representation.

Except to save his own political skin, there really is no excuse to call for proportional representation.  Mr. Trudeau promised it in 2015 and struggled mightily to bring it about, but failed.  In the first place, a constitutional convention would have to be called, and there simply was strong resistance against it across Canada.  Wasn’t Mr. Singh paying attention?

Mr. Trudeau today is thankful he failed.  Not a peep from him.  He’s learned his lesson.
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