The first is that the powerful few have the money to push propaganda on the topic to push people against their own best interests through the American-owned Sun Media. Unfortunately more respectable newspapers such as the Times Colonist allow op-eds that spread misinformation about pr to be published, we need to hold our media accountable on this as most people do not have the time to investigate the topic like we electoral nerds do.

The second is that 80% of countries that have proportional representation use the party-list system. Which takes the share of the national vote and allocates seats to the respective national parties.

The third is that most people do not understand that proportional representation is a family list of electoral systems.