Dion-May Deal Has Rocked The Establishment

In has now been a week since the Dion-May Deal was announced and the effects of the deal not to run candidates in each other's ridings is clear. The political establishment is fuming and most Canadians want change in our political system.

Opportunist opponents claim this move was undemocratic because it limits the options of the parties that people can for. But in reality the present first past the post system is the problem that limits people democratic options. In ridings held by senior MP's like Dion and Mackay it's virtually impossible to defeat them and almost pointless to vote because everybody knows who is going to win.

It's undemocratic for a riding to elect a MP who earned under 50% of the vote and 600, 000 people across the nation to be unrepresented by a single MP. There has been no substantial changes in Canada's political system in decades except the funding of political parties. Most ridings MP's are elected by their riding by a vote under 50%. This forces Canadians to vote in many ridings for more competitive parties if they want their vote to count for something. Real solutions like run-off voting and proportional representation haven't been proposed by Canada's bigger parties. If veteran politicians are crying foul over this deal they should propose some solutions instead of all repeating that the current is system is democratic and change is bad.

This move motivates more people to vote in Peter MacKay's riding because people have a choice which makes the riding more democratic.