Would a European-style system for Canadian referendums benefit the country as currently proposed? | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Every election year, political parties try to change who Canadians vote for, but rarely do they spend so much time addressing how citizens vote. The NDP and the Liberals have both promised to do away with the current first-past-the-post electoral system. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has committed to implementing mixed-member proportional (MMP) elections, a system that…