Welcome to Canada, please set your watch back 50 Years

Don't get me wrong. I love my country and (most, I accept the rest) of its people. But I find we have quaint colonial notions and our future will be at risk. Our current Achilles Heel that will hinder our progress moving forward.

That Achilles Heel is our 19th Century electoral system.

Regardless of your political persuasion, you cannot debate the fact that when only 58% of eligible voters vote, and 60% of those people vote against a political party or leader, then that party should not have majority control of parliament. This just happened in Ontario.

This same system rules the provinces (I am not sure about the territories) and the federal electoral system.

I cannot square this circle with the fact that most parties elect a leader on a ranked ballot (one form of proportional representation) and yet the public is misrepresented with a first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.

This, in Ontario, means that 60% of our voices are not heard.

This flawed system will mean that the majority of people will become disgruntled and disengaged with our democracy and this is very dangerous. This will also affect all other services provided to residents, from health, to education.

For us to move forward as a people we must modernize our electoral system to a mechanism of proportional representation. Our future and success are at stake.