I would definitely like to see the current system of Governing
party and Opposition party be replaced by a system that reflects
the province's voters' choices [PR].
Example: If the Liberal party gets 35% of the votes, the NDP
25%, the Conservatives 20%, the Greens 15%, and the Heritage party
5% for argument's sake, then ALL parties should be represented in
the House proportionally to the votes received.
This way, the 15% of the voters who voted for the Green party would
have a 15% representation in the house and, potentially could ally
themselves with say the NDP to block a motion by either the
Liberals or the Conservatives.
This would lead to a much more balanced approach to governing than
what is in place now.
There is a huge flaw with the current system I cannot stress
enough. The current system with a single governing and a single
opposition party is totally confrontational and not constructive at
all. The opposition always opposes whatever the governing party
proposes, no matter whether the proposition makes sense or not. It
leads to these incredible swings we witness in BC (and it's not
much better elsewhere in Canada). This by now ingrained mentality
is perpetuated in other jurisdictions like municipalities and the
labour market. It's always this us against them
fighting scenario which we can find everywhere; in the private
sector, employee against employer, union against corporation,
students against teachers, nurses against doctors, doctors and
nurses against the government, rural against cities, communities
against municipalities, natives against whites, rich against poor
and so on. It has developed into a mentality and an
accepted approach to life and it's just not healthy for individuals
a focused development of our economy.
Therefore, I strongly support proportional representation so that
parties are represented in the House in proportion to their
vote.
What is in place now is not much different from a dictatorship.
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