British Columbia will not be heading to a fourth referendum on proportional representation, nor will it be striking another citizens’ assembly to study the issue.

That’s the conclusion of Premier David Eby, who has flatly rejected a proposal from an all-party legislative committee to take another run at changing the province’s electoral system.

“No, I have no interest in that,” Eby told me.
The committee was convened at the request of the BC Greens, as part of a confidence deal signed last year with the NDP government. The committee’s 10 MLAs, representing every party in the house, spent months hearing from 987 people, before issuing its report late last month.

“Consider establishing a peoples’ assembly to examine and make recommendations, in consultation with experts, on the model for electing Members of the Legislative Assembly,” read the report.

The Greens have a particular self-interest in reforming the electoral system from its current first-past-the-post structure. The party was only........

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