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Editorial: Who opposes proportional representation, and why?

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There’s an old saying:  follow the money.  In the case of the upcoming referendum on whether or not BC should change our voting system from First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) to a form of Proportional Representation (ProRep), those most vocally opposed to a change seem to have one thing in common: they are people who think they would lose power under ProRep -- power to govern with less than a majority of votes, or power to heavily influence government.  Both those losses of power add up to losses of financial advantage.


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