B.C. premier squares off with Liberal leader in electoral reform debate Thursday

VICTORIA — The leaders of B.C.’s two main parties square off Thursday in a debate on electoral reform, which experts say arrives after decades of electoral dysfunction that produced lopsided victories and made losers out of popular-vote winners.
Voters need to mail in their ballots by the Nov. 30 deadline to either support moving to a form of proportional representation for the next election or to keep the current first-past-the-post system. A majority of 50 per cent plus one is need