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Submission SAGER-0603 (Online)

Submission By Maureen Sager
AddressPort Alberni, BC, Canada
Organization
Date20040609
CategoryElectoral system change
Abstract
I support a New Zealand-like Mixed Member Proportional [MMP] voting system in BC. I agree with the five key Recommendations in the Law Commission of Canada's report, Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada.  [1 page]

Submission Content
I support a New Zealand-like Mixed Member Proportional [MMP] voting system in BC. I agree with the five key Recommendations in the Law Commission of Canada's report, Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada. Their recommendations should apply to provincial as well as federal elections. Long range planning is impossible under the present majority system. Consensus-decision making is more productive than the majority wins type. In the 2001 BC election 200,000 people voted for the Green Party. The values these people hold -- 12.4% of the voters -- are not represented in the Legislature. Our present system was designed over 100 years ago in England for a 2 party system. First Nations should be designated a fixed number of seats. Special consultations need to take place with First Nations people. Times have changed and so should our electoral system.

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