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The Impact of Proportional Representation on British Columbia’s Legislature and Voters /

30 Aug 2018

In other words, the same country with the same electorate and the same val- ues would have a significantly different number of parties in the legislature solely as a result of its electoral system. [...] The issue of disproportionate influence comes from a comparison of the Green Party’s support from the previous election and general support for the development of an LNG industry in the province. [...] As noted in the pre- ceding section, there is a real possibility that this could be the case in BC if the province shifts to a PR electoral system, given the number of social and political cleavages that already exist in the province. [...] Loewen (2017) contrasts this with the relatively swift ability of single-party majority governments to move closer the median voter or the policy preferences of the majority without the fear of an immediate reprisal, for example, in the form of a destabilized coali- tion. [...] Two examples of this type of situation are the Chrétien government’s deficit re- duction measures in the 1990s and the implementation by the BC Liberals of a carbon tax in 2008-09.
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ISBN
9780889754942
Pages
30
Published in
Vancouver, BC, CA

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