The real issue here is, of course, that Harper got over 50% of the seats by winning no more of the vote than he did in the last election (39%). Something really needs to be done about the system; and yes, it's fair to say that left-wingers bitched about it a lot less when there were two right-wing parties for the Liberals to reliably trounce for a decade while getting pretty much the same amount of votes. But personally speaking, that was a long time ago and I'm a lot older now, which has more to do with it than whether "my" guys win or not (besides, I liked Dion better than Iggy... and Dion still won his seat while getting a revising on how historically bad he might have been as leader, so, uh, ha?).
But seriously, half the problem with the Canadian system is how incredibly pointless the vote is in most ridings. Nothing will happen under a Harper government, because the day proportional voting is put into law in Canada is the day we've seen the last right-wing victory in Canada, and that's only fair to expect of him. But next election will see Canada being under ten years (!) of Harper, and the opposition will hopefully have sorted out their game by then. The NDP have always wanted to get rid of first-past-the-post, and I'd say it's fair to say the Liberals are abruptly a little disenchanted with it too. So here's hoping.
But seriously, half the problem with the Canadian system is how incredibly pointless the vote is in most ridings. Nothing will happen under a Harper government, because the day proportional voting is put into law in Canada is the day we've seen the last right-wing victory in Canada, and that's only fair to expect of him. But next election will see Canada being under ten years (!) of Harper, and the opposition will hopefully have sorted out their game by then. The NDP have always wanted to get rid of first-past-the-post, and I'd say it's fair to say the Liberals are abruptly a little disenchanted with it too. So here's hoping.