Currently, Canada's electoral system is based on a "first past the post" system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its Member of Parliament. The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister. An absolute majority of the electorate is not needed, and is rarely achieved. As a result, power has been held by either of two parties for most of Canada's history. The party whose candidates win the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition.
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@8V8LQD4New Democratic4yrs4Y
All votes should be counted and the party with the most votes after ALL have been counted should win.
@8Z7DWC93yrs3Y
Yes and allow for recall elections
@8RWBHS34yrs4Y
Yes and add instant runoff
@8RJ5L744yrs4Y
Yes, and add instant runoff
@8Q5CJW34yrs4Y
Yes and add instant runoff and allow coalitions and add another Deputy Prime Minister.
@8PYXCGL4yrs4Y
Yes, and add instant runoff and recall elections with ranked ballot/mixed member proportional representation.
@8P4P98S4yrs4Y
Yes, with instant run-off and allow multi-party coalitions.
@8HDGVYC5yrs5Y
Yes, and include instant runoff and recall elections to remove unpopular heads of government.
@8ZSJL5B3yrs3Y
Yes, with instant runoff and recall elections.
@8V95QN24yrs4Y
Yes and add instant runoff with a 4-Round system. 1 for East, 1 for Central, 1 for West and 1 for North Canada.
@8TNDXCT4yrs4Y
Yes, and add instant runoff and allow multiple representatives per district based off of population, and only allow the winner of the popular vote to win, unless in extreme cases of a tied election, after the runoff, in which there should be coalitions.
@8TF629D4yrs4Y
Yes, and add instant runoff and recall elections
@8SHNHYV4yrs4Y
Yes, and add instant runoff if no Party Leader gets the popular vote.
@8DC736T5yrs5Y
Yes, we should. I'd also go further and say implement instant runoff, and if a government is showing incompetence or any other bad behaviour, hold a recall vote to remove the said government.
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