Submission CURRIE-1271 (Online)
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Submission By | Donald Currie, Chair, Canadians for Peace and
Socialism |
Address | Slocan, BC, Canada |
Organization | Canadians for Peace and Socialism |
Date | 20040813 |
Category | Electoral system change |
Abstract
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Our group supports PR as the preferred voting system
for BC. It is a system widely used in democracies around the world
and has a proven track record to produce the most representative
and fair outcome in general elections. [1 page]
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Submission Content
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Our group, Canadians for Peace and Socialism, support
proportional representation [PR] as the preferred voting
system for BC. It is a system widely used in democracies around the
world and has a proven track record to produce the most
representative and fair outcome in general elections.
Under the PR system all votes are valid and carry weight.
Only those who want a system to perpetuate the political control of
the powerful and privileged elite oppose proportional
representation. Sadly they purport to support democracy but in fact
fear it.
The arguments in favour of PR are well known and have been fully
detailed in other submissions.
The end game to this process is now being played out. It is now in
the realm of power politics with those who fear democracy
desperately attempting to prevent PR and those who respect and
embrace democracy working for the implementation of PR.
Canadians for Peace and Socialism support PR as the best means to
bring the disenfranchised, the dissillusioned and the under
represented working people more fully into the democratic
process.
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