Submission JORDAN-1599 (Online)

The most important thing right now in Canadian politics is the need for proportional representation [PR].  We need alternative views and a creative forum for discussion. Only more diversity in the Legislature will make this possible. [1 page]

I believe the most important thing right now in Canadian politics is the need for proportional representation [PR].  The almost dictatorial powers that have devolved to the victorious parties in BC (and Canada) the past two or three decades, in spite of receiving less than 50% of the votes cast, cannot be argued to be a democracy.  In the current political economic and social climate, we need more than party rants from Legislature. We need alternative views and a creative forum for discussion and long term programs. Only more diversity (parties) in the Legislature will make this possible.  THe result will be a legislative continuity that we have not known in the flip flop of antagonism between the two opposing parties' strategies, who dismantle and redirect the provinces priorities and expenditures after each election.