The Globe and Mail states that MMP proponents say Ontario’s referendum on electoral reform was an “unmitigated disaster” plagued by voter and media apathy, a poor education campaign, and an impossible threshold for passage.
Dennis Pilon, assistant professor of political science at University of Victoria and author of The Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada’s Electoral System named the referendum as a waste of money because the education campaign focused on how the referendum would work, not what was being considered:
“Selling a voting system is like selling a car. Most of us don’t look up under the hood. We recognize that there are professionals who will take care of that. What we want to know is performance.”
Is this true, or just sour grapes?
