I strongly support a form of proportional representation [PR].
It is totally illogical that the present government of Liberals in
BC has almost all the seats in the Legislature with less than 60%
of the popular vote. We need something that better represents the
over 40% of the population who voted for parties other than the
Liberals. I understand that one of the systems being examined is a
"Mixed Member Proportional Representation". Variants of this system
are used in many places around the world and I think we should
develop a system based on this model.
I also am opposed to the "Preferential Plus" system being proposed
which advocates different systems for urban and rural areas of BC.
This does not make sense at all. I am an ex-urbanite living in a
rural area, along with many others who are leaving the cities. We
want our votes to be treated the same wherever we choose to
live.
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