Submission JORDAN-1599 (Online)
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Submission By | Bruce Jordan |
Address | Galiano Island, BC, Canada |
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Date | 20040831 |
Category | Electoral system change |
Abstract
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The most important thing right now in Canadian politics is the
need for proportional representation [PR]. We need
alternative views and a creative forum for discussion. Only more
diversity in the Legislature will make this possible. [1
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Submission Content
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I believe the most important thing right now in Canadian
politics is the need for proportional representation
[PR]. The almost dictatorial powers that have devolved
to the victorious parties in BC (and Canada) the past two or three
decades, in spite of receiving less than 50% of the votes cast,
cannot be argued to be a democracy. In the current
political economic and social climate, we need more than party
rants from Legislature. We need alternative views and a creative
forum for discussion and long term programs. Only more diversity
(parties) in the Legislature will make this possible.
THe result will be a legislative continuity that we have not known
in the flip flop of antagonism between the two opposing parties'
strategies, who dismantle and redirect the provinces priorities and
expenditures after each election.
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