VANCOUVER—If the federal government replaces Canada’s current voting system with Proportional Representation (PR), it is highly likely that Canada will be governed by coalitions rather than majority governments leading to higher levels of government spending and larger deficits, finds a new essay released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
Two of the five parties (NDP and Greens) on the government committee investigating electoral reform want to replace the current system with proportional representation (PR) and the governing Liberals are open to such a reform, which more closely matches vote counts with parliamentary seats.
