text: Far be it for me to fall into line behind a NDP banner, but much of Mr. Broadbent's opinion on the subject of electoral reform makes sense.  I support most of what he says in his article; I would only disagree that substituting PR for FPTP would bulwark against a Trump-like movement in Canada.  Moving to PR would treat all parties in the same way, be they socialist or conservative.  I also agree that a percent-support threshold is required to mitigate the need to directly represent a myriad of fringe parties in the HOC.  There are more effective ways to carry "outlier" votes in the HOC than direct, in-seat representation.
  
  A truly PR system would require neither a change in the way we vote nor any change to riding boundaries.  It would simply give a voice to votes which are currently discarded in a FPTP system in the HOC.