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One additional note... Yakk you suggest that first past the post creates Regional parties... I would argue that Proportional Representation will only underscore that... If Ontario, BC, Quebec, and the Maritimes all started fielding regionally based parties they could take advantage of proportional numbers to build so-called King-maker parties.
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There would be regionalist parties, but their power wouldn't be magnified like it is under the current system.
BQ got fewer votes than the PC party did in every election in which both ran. Yet the BQ had far far more seats. The same was true of the Reform and PC parties.
It wouldn't do away with regionalist parties, it would simply give them the power they "deserve" (ie, reduce the magnification).
A first past many posts systems (priorities etc) are less different than first past the post systems.