> functional liberal democracy full of checks and balances with a government subject to regular elections It's more nuanced than that. The current system can

> functional liberal democracy full of checks and balances with a government subject to regular elections It's more nuanced than that. The current system can easily result in surprisingly disproportionate representation in the House of Commons. Look at the results of the most recent federal election, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election A party that received 32.62% of the popular vote got 160 seats in the House of Commons, while another party that received 33.74% of the vote got only 119 seats. A party that received only 7.64% of the votes got 32 seats, while another party that received 17.82% of the vote got only 25 seats. A party that received 2.33% of the votes got 2 seats, while another party that received 4.94% of the vote got no seats. With a votes-to-seats situation like that, there are a lot of Canadians who don't have proper representation in the House of Commons, or in some cases, effectively none at all. It's no surprise that the voter turnout wasn't even 63%; many Canadians are completely disillusioned with how the current system works, and don't feel that any of the parties can offer them meaningful representation. Canada's political system does exhibit some democratic traits, but there are still some pretty serious and fundamental flaws with the current approach that can't be ignored, either.