Very often people state that ranked ballots woud give the Liberals a permanent hold on power, but wasn't there a point in the last election where it seemed the NDP could actually win?  With ranked ballots, they certainly could have, because people would think their votes mattered, and wouldn't be wasted on a candidate/party that couldn't win.

However, then it was fear of another Conservative victory which sent people back the Liberals, because a vote for the NDP was seen as a vote for the Conservatives, and that people had to strategically vote Liberal, whether they wanted to or not, just to oust the Conservatives.

If ranked ballots were an option for electoral reform,, that's what I would choose, and when I felt that we needed a change, I could cast my ballot accordingly, knowing that at least my second choice would probably prevail.

PR sounds good, but I'd be concerned about fringe views, and so much compromise that nothing would ever get done, defeated governments etc.