SUBMISSIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Members of the public sent to the Assembly a total of
1,603 public submissions during the 13 months ended 27
September 2004. And you can access them all lower down on this
page.
Incidentally, the numbers on the submissions appear to show that
there are 1,669 of them. After allowing for blanks, duplications
and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who
sent them, the real total is 1,603. Unfortunately, we cannot
renumber the submissions to reflect that.
If a posted submission is dated after 27 September, that date
refers to the date the submission was processed and posted to the
website, not the date it was received.
To help you navigate through the 1,603 submissions received from
the public, here are:
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An introduction to the submissions, available as a Word
document (40KB) or as a PDF
document (110KB).
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A link to the
View Submissions page, where you can read and/or search 1,603
submissions
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A complete list of the submissions and their abstracts,
available as an Excel
spreadsheet (472KB) or as a
PDF (348KB)
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A guide to the longer submissions (i.e., 80 submissions that run
four or more pages in length). This guide is available as a Word
document (36KB) or as a PDF
file (96KB).
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A list of the 80 longer submissions, indexed by electoral system
and including abstracts. This list is available as an Excel
spreadsheet (40KB) or as a PDF
item (90KB).
Submission List
To read a submission in full, click on the submitter's name/number
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Six recommendations for reforms needed to make Canada a
respectable modern democracy. [4 pages]
Category: Electoral system no change, Minority representation
Author: Dr Carole Ann Brown
Date: Jul 12, 2004
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I would like to see a system such as New Zealand’s
Mixed Member Proportional (MMP), one where fewer votes
are wasted and smaller parties can win seats, giving a variety of
opposition voices. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Douglas S Brown
Date: Aug 30, 2004
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Some system of PR will represent all voters' philosophies in the
legislature. This would result in a much more legitimate
government. The system used in NZ [MMP] seems the fairest and most
effective of all the systems I have read about. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Ian D Brown
Date: Sep 01, 2004
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'Why do we vote and what do we expect of our voting
system?' [3 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Les Brown
Date: Sep 06, 2004
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I support electoral reform, in favour of proportional
representation. Most modern democracies now use some form of PR. I
would also argue in favour of some tiered system of neighborhoods
or cantons with 'town hall' meetings. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Dan Bruiger
Date: May 07, 2004
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