It is a strong belief of mine that democracy is not currently being
practiced in this country (or this province) at this time. The lack
of proportional representation of voters in the current
parlimentary and legislative assembely systems are appalling.
Riding boundaries are often redrawn to the advantage of the ruling
party, and serve to disenfranchise those who are already
marginalized. The result is that it is not the people who are
electing our government, but those who draw the riding boundaries
that have the real power.
Although the US system is vastly different from ours there are some
similarities, the US electoral college casts the votes on behalf of
each state (another disproprtional sysytem) -- which, as we have
seen in the last US election, led to the installation of a
president that was not approved by the citizens'popular vote, and
who has taken extreme liberties promoting his minority agenda to
the detriment of the entire world.
Please let everyone's voice be heard -- otherwise we do not have a
democracy, but an oligarchy of the elite looking out for their own
interests above those of the people they are supposed to represent
and serve. A system of proportional representation, such as the
Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system is the only real choice for
true democratic process. Thank you for your consideration.
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