Having worked as a reference librarian in the BC Legislative
library for 23 years and having researched proportinal
representation I favour a mixed member proportional system
[MMP].
Our current adversarial system leads us to vote against the
government; seldom to vote for any platform. Because parties muzzle
their backbenchers, there is much less chance for constructive
debate than their was a century ago.
A system such as proportional representation which would introduce
more parties into the Legislature, will tend to restore debate
since there will be a wider range of opinion. Possibly there might
even be a question period in which ideas are discussed rather than
the other guy excoriated.
So please give us a renewed representative democracy by suggested a
proportional system.
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