It goes to show that having the government chosen by accumulated individual local elections in kind of silly. Quebecois thought Layton did great in the French-

It goes to show that having the government chosen by accumulated individual local elections in kind of silly. Quebecois thought Layton did great in the French-language debate, wanted him as PM, and voted for whatever NDP was on their ballot locally. This resulted in oddities like a monolingual Anglophone being elected in a riding that is 80 percent monolingual Francophone. A mixed-member proportional system like they have in Germany would fix this -- you have separate votes for who you want to be your local rep and who you want to control the government.