Milner on PR

In today's Globe and Mail Henry Milner eloquently makes the case for adopting some form of proportional representation: "Reports of PR's perils are greatly exaggerated." Thanks again to Eric Hogeterp for calling this to my attention.

Incidentally, Mr. Hogeterp is the one who, during the referendum campaign in 1992, alerted me to the fact that, if the Charlottetown Accord, which I supported at the time, was approved, it would likely have the effect of entrenching our current first-past-the-post electoral system, thereby making it that much more difficult to change. As a result, I was less displeased at the accord's failure than I might otherwise have been.