Not so long ago, only (large) land owners had the right to vote. Their representatives were politically active in the Higher Chamber (Senate). To me, STV still doesn't do enough to part company with this unfair distribution of political power.
It is not your own money just like it is not your own discussion forum: the Canadian dollar is an instrument of public policy much like a discussion forum.
It means that those people who are rushing in Alberta to overexploit natural resources will be able to get more easily a majority government that will then be able to block any attempt to curb negative externalities.
Shame on Canadians who don't want to be convinced that Canada could be the World's savior if only our country was governed by someone unlike Harper, Ignatieff, Duceppe and Layton.