Changing the electoral system Canada's friendly neighbor to the south, the United States, has an electoral system consisting of 3 separate elections, one of which decides the leader of the state. The president is elected by the people and is the determining person in the country's political system. In the United States, the system operates as a majority system. » In Canada, however, elections are conducted slightly differently. Citizens vote for an MP in a 308-seat chamber and candidates do not win by a majority, unlike in the United States, but by a plurality. This means that a candidate can win simply by getting more votes than other candidates. This method of representative democracy, in general, does not generate too much controversy on a global scale, but has sparked controversy on a Canadian scale. While many critics of the Canadian electoral system call it archaic and not modern, the idea of ​​reforming the electoral system has been discussed numerous times. In 2004, the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, created by the British Columbia government, challenged the current first-past-the-post system. In an alternative situation in which the Canadian electoral system is changed, a different set of questions is raised. How can changes to the electoral system affect the functioning of the House of Commons and its respective procedures? In this essay, I will discuss the possible effects of changing the Canadian electoral system on the House of Commons. When considering the possible implications of changing the electoral system in Canada, two possible systems can be examined. The first-past-the-post system is an electoral system in which the candidate with the most votes wins the position and the candidate with the fewest votes...... middle of paper ...... civilization: Awaken the American virtue and prosperity. New York: Random House, 2011. 107. Print. Schwartz, Bryan. “Proportional Representation for Canada.” Manitoba Law Review 28.2 (2001): 133. Web. March 14, 2014. Spafford, Duff. “Does Canada need a new electoral system? William P. Irvine Kingston: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, 1979, Pp. Xii, 99." Canadian Journal of Political Science 13.02 (1980): n. page. Print. Sutherland, Neil. “Regionalism, Cabinet Stability and Canada's Electoral System: The Effect of Constituency Size.” » Canadian Journal of Political Science 29.3 (1996): 497-519. Print.Uhr, John. “Why we chose proportional representation.” Representation and institutional change: 50 years of proportional representation in the Senate. By Marian Sawer and Sarah Miskin. Canberra: Department of the Senate, 1999. 13-40. Print.