I have just read a news sheet I picked up at the library
published by the Free Your Vote - Pro Rep Society and could find
nothing in there which I could support.
First let me point out that democracy by its very nature is a
form of majority rule. This means that the person with the most
votes is the winner. The people who did not vote for the winner
have to have the maturity to accept the will of the majority.
In my opinion, democracy breaks down in this country after the
votes are counted! In representative government the people elect a
representative as THEIR voice in government. Our current system of
government has perverted this to the extent that it is not possible
to call it a democracy. To have some unknown backroom Cabal in
Ottawa telling all our representatives how to act, think and vote
is not a democracy. The reality is that it is nothing more than an
elected dictatorship. The crucial flaw destroying democracy can be
found in the Westminister parlaimentary system. It was designed by
aristocrats to ursurp power from a monarch; not to give the power
to the people but to keep it for themselves. I would not stand
being ruled by a monarch, and I am totally fed up with being ruled
by a party!
This is what makes me uncomfortable with your proposals. My
simple common sense analysis leads me to the conclusion that the
power of the party needs to be cut back and limited not increased.
Turning over 1/3rd of the Legislative Assembly seats to direct
party control is not a solution that increases democracy. It will
still be an elected dictatorship after the votes are counted.
It is this Westminister parliamentary system of an elected
dictatorship which is the cause of Canadian voter apathy. Our
representatives must be given a more democratic role to play in the
government if people are to take their vote for this representative
more seriously. It is time for the people to run this country and
not the backroom party cabals that have had control of our country
since its inception. I would strongly urge you to reccommend that
the Westminister parlaimentary system of government be scrapped and
a democratic system be adopted in its place. You cannot build a
democratic system on a foundation that is fundamentally
undemocratic.
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