What is the Mixed Member Proportional System (MMP) proposed by the Citizens Assembly as Ontarios new electoral system?
ANSWERThe Mixed Member Proportional System (MMP) is an alternative to the First Past The Post electoral system currently in use in Canada and every province, as well as in the United Kingdom and United States. It is also sometimes called the Single Member Plurality system.First Past The Post is used by the most people – about 45% – in the world living in democracies, in about 45 countries.MMP is currently in use in Germany, New Zealand, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Lesotho.