Any discussion of changing voting systems in B.C. has to start from the realization of a number of key issues.
Firstly, while we have two major parties, we have always had second-tier parties, most recently B.C. Greens and the now-defunct BC United.
Secondly, where there are only two parties vying for power the result is inevitably a majority government.
Thirdly, majority government is much easier for the ruling party to manage, and for the opposition to oppose. Parliamentary process and indeed parliament itself becomes irrelevant ...
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