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And he should. That was fucking stupid. I don't care if the Liberals would have benefited from from ranked choice vs prop rep, because either of those options would have been far, far better than first past the post. Perfect is the enemy of good, and because of their stupidity (and the stupidity of the NDP and other parties supporting electoral reform for not just saying "Fuck it, do whatever you want as long as it's not FPTP") we probably won't see another chance at this for a decade or more.

First past the post has benefitted the Liberals more than any other party in federal politics. I read an analysis that said something like 65% of the elections where the popular vote was upside down to the MP count has been in Liberal majorities.

Equality for mee but not for thee

Trudeau wanted IRV because it benefits the Liberals. Everyone else wanted PR because it is fair.

Trudeau wasn’t willing to reconsider and IRV is not an upgrade over FPTP.

Forcing through IRV was not and is not a good idea.

Part of the problem is that every party wants a different form of electoral reform. This means either one rams it through with a majority and the others spend forever calling foul or they just bicker amongst themselves forever.

Jean Chretien, Shawinigan scandal.

Brian Mulroney, Airbus scandal.

Oddly, I couldn't find a really big thing for Stephen Harper, but there are many lists of smaller things he did that are objectionable to one degree or another. My biggest gripe was him calling coalition governments undemocratic. When your whole philosophy goes against working with other groups to achieve the goals of the citizens that you believe the whole concept has to be wrong, it says more about you than the people you're complaining about.

Justin Trudeau had the lavalin scandal, as well as some very hypocritical situations in the first year of his leadership, as well as either botching or throwing the voting reform promise.

Pierre Poilievre has already gone on the record as intending to pass laws he knows are unconstitutional, and using the notwithstanding clause to keep them in force, which, while not illegal, I feel is deplorable, and he isn't even in power yet.

I miss the days when conservatives fought for freedom and not control. I'm willing to admit the difference may be my perception and not their intentions.