Select quotes from the ERRE report:

https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports/RP8655791/errerp03/errerp03-e.pdf

"In its 1st report, presented to the HOC on 30 May 1921, the Special Committee on Proportional Representation and the Subject of the Single Transferable or Preferential Vote found that the FPTP electoral system only worked as intended when two candidates ran against each other."

"Indeed, the 1921 report observed that ‘it must be apparent to all that the present system of election in single-member constituencies meets fully the purpose intended only when not more than two candidates are nominated.’ "

"In 1979 thé Task Force on Canadian Unity (the Pépin-Robarts Commission) recommended, among many significant proposals, that an element of proportionality be introduced into the electoral system through a form of mixed member proportional representation (MMP)"

"In 1985 thé Royal Commission on thé Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (thé MacDonald Commission), following another comprehensive study, recommended that PR elections should be introduced in the Senate, with ER in the HOC being a ‘second best solution.’ "

"In March 2004, the independent Law Commission of Canada concluded a three-year study on electoral reform and submitted its report recommending the adoption of MMP."

"In determining that MMP would be a best alternative electoral system at the federal level, the Commission looked at the capacity of electoral systems to ‘maintain accountable government, most notably a direct link between elected politicians and their constituents.’ "

Accountability and direct links between the public and its politicians are good things, btw.

"The only way to address the significant defects in our Westminster model of government is through fundamental electoral reform, by adopting a system that ensures both demographic representation and proportionality in the translation of votes into seats in Parliament."

"FPTP fails to accurately represent the will of voters, both at the riding level and in terms of overall vote share in the House of Commons."

"By failing to accurately represent the will of voters, FPTP may discourage people from voting, possibly leading to voter apathy and dissatisfaction with the system, and resulting in lower voter turnout."

"The nomination process in individual ridings, where some ridings are considered ‘safe’, could ‘contribute to the challenges faced by women, Aboriginal people and minority groups in being nominated as candidates and elected as members of the House of Commons."

In other words, FPTP silences women and minority voices, making it more difficult for them to achieve election to parliament.

Break time. On page 50. Of 333. This is the last time I’m reading this report, I swear.