Quite simply, I would like to express my strong support for a
system of proportional representation [PR]. From the reading I have
done, the system which seems best to serve the people at large, to
prevent a tyranny of the majority, and to lead to the fullest and
most open representation is a Mixed Proportional Representation
[MMP] system. The existing system clearly fails to represent the
people of B.C. The fact of two members of the opposition
representing the much larger proportion of B.C's citizenry is a
case in point. This situation, to the disadvantage of the NDP at
the moment has worked in an opposite manner in the past.
My attention has been drawn to the Single Transferable Vote system.
As it has been explained to me, this system is very problematic. In
the first place its complexity is contrary to the principles of
fairness -- fairness must be seen to be enacted, and the STV system
makes its own selections difficult to understand. It is
complicated, and such complication does not lead to sufficient
advantages over other systems. It is difficult to understand, and
this difficulty will only add to the sense of disenfranchisement
that is already a large problem in B.C. politics.
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