Suppose we'd had PR in this last election. A Lib-NDP-Green Coalition (a questionable proposition, I grant) would have a majority in Parliament, though none of those parties would have the largest single block - that would still be the Conservatives.
What should (not would) happen in that scenario? A government by the smallest parties in Parliament? Or a Conservative minority? I'm asking more a question of principle than a question of politics, I guess.
People with a historical knowledge of other PR systems are welcome to speculate. Of course, people without historical knowledge don't ask for my permission anyway...
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Leo is right - that's what just happened in Germany. If the largest party cannot negotiate a governing coalition, the GG can go to the 2nd largest, etc.
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