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Get ready for another tidal wave of over-heated opinions about proportional representation in British Columbia.

This year is certain to include more high-profile nay-saying from the well-funded opponents of proportional representation. They seemed omnipresent during B.C. referendums in 2005 and 2009, when the possibility of electoral reform fell less than three percentage points short of the 60 per cent threshold needed then to change the polarized way we do partisan politics in this province.

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The B.C. Liberals are trotting out former attorney general Suzanne Anton as their official “No” voice. But, to be frank, she’s not that interesting, since everyone knows it’s the stark self-interest of her party to go with the status quo: First past the post.

The main weapon in the arsenal of the B.C. Liberals, and Social Credit before them, has been to unite the centre-right while splitting centre-left voters between the New Democrats and a smaller party. The centre-right has effectively done so to hold office for 53 of the past 66 years, despite drawing an underwhelming minority of voters.