http://www.exciteddelirium.ca/2008/10/31/how-canadas-divided-left-can-get-it-right/ Stories about Excited Delirium, the Shock Economy and a little fiction here and there. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.exciteddelirium.ca/2008/10/31/how-canadas-divided-left-can-get-it-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 WayneSmith Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:26:38 +0000 http://www.exciteddelirium.ca/2008/10/31/how-canadas-divided-left-can-get-it-right/#comment-1118 We already have coalition government, but our current coalitions (PC/Reform, business/social Liberals) are formed by backroom deals and backstabbing. With proportional voting, parties have to cooperate to achieve the things they agree on, but the deals are done up front, parties retain their identity and integrity (if they have any), and voters have more real choices. We already have coalition government, but our current coalitions (PC/Reform, business/social Liberals) are formed by backroom deals and backstabbing. With proportional voting, parties have to cooperate to achieve the things they agree on, but the deals are done up front, parties retain their identity and integrity (if they have any), and voters have more real choices.

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