I would like to ask this assembly to recommend Mixed Member
Proportional [MMP] as an election protocol.
My reasons for this are.
1) The current system has failed to give representation to a very
substantial part of our population in virtually every election.
2) The current system favors the larger parties that receive large
donations from business or union interests.
3) The current system encourages/forces people to vote
strategically, a behaviour which I consider close to
undemocratic.
4) Voters in BC have flip-flopped from right to left electing
government with adversarial positions. This is a very costly and
wasteful process and one, which has left many people who, worked to
influence government feeling burned out with the ever-changing
regulation and policy.
5) A MMP system would reduce the excessive right left politics in
BC and encourage more people to vote for whom they really want to
vote for.
6) Under our present system a MP often doesn't represent
constituents. With a MMP system almost everybody is represented.
7) Vote splitting won't be possible anymore with a MMP system.
8) MMP has worked successfully for many countries and provinces
around the world. We have nothing to fear from adopting MMP as it
will result in a fairer more balanced Parliament and one that
maintains greater continuity though time.
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