The popular vote doesn't matter in either the Canadian or US elections.  We run multiple FPTP races.  In the US by state, in Canada by electoral riding.  The results of all those FPTP races is a President in the US and Prime Minister in Canada (yes I am oversimplifying).   Only the media love the popular vote total because it allows endless, pointless debate.  Both systems are setup so that you can't have the most populous regions of the country completely dominate elections by giving a bit more say to rural areas.  Hillary lost because she could not win enough states with a plurality of electors.  If she ran up the totals in New York and California but still lost then the system is working as designed.  She needs to win more than just the big states and she didn't win enough of those.  Questions about the electoral collage are foolish.  If the electors vote against Trump they are voting against the will of the people in each of their states.  You do not want to encourage that.