Canadians may barely remember that Justin Trudeau's biggest campaign promise before he became PM was to bring proportional representation to the House of Commons, since the first-past-the-post system typically meant that 35% of the popular vote could win one of the main parties a majority government, while alternative parties could get 5 or 10 or theoretically 30 percent of the popular vote and not win a single seat. As soon as he came to power he announced that it would be dangerous to allow fringe parties to earn seats in the House, and so there would be no change.
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Canadians may barely remember that Justin Trudeau's biggest campaign promise before he became PM was to bring proportional representation to the House of Commons, since the first-past-the-post system typically meant that 35% of the popular vote could win one of the main parties a majority government, while alternative parties could get 5 or 10 or theoretically 30 percent of the popular vote and not win a single seat. As soon as he came to power he announced that it would be dangerous to allow fringe parties to earn seats in the House, and so there would be no change.