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Submission SMITH-1416 (Online)

Submission By Paul and Pauline Smith
AddressPenticton, BC,
Organization
Date20040826
CategoryDemocratic government
Abstract
We feel that our political system as it stands now is very old hat and needs updating to a new a more modern day system. [1 page]

Submission Content
My husband and I gave up on voting for many years now. Being a British Columbian, we felt that the voting system for the west was extremely unfair. The east coast always got the results first and the west had not finished voting yet. So the results were known before we were done. The population on the East is certainly higher then the west,  leaving the west with the feeling of why did we even bother. Sounds very one sided to me and left us very frustrated.

My husband and I feel that there should only be a 2 party system, with the winning leader only able to stay in government for 8 years tops. That would give leaders and voters time to regroup. We also feel that there should be an even amount of representatives for the East and West so that all is fair in the entire system. We feel that our political system as it stands now is very old hat and needs updating to a new a more modern day system. They say change is good. It seems to be unless it involves our electoral system and the politicians involved. Changes are necessary to keep the public interested and caring about their country.

Thank you for letting us have this opportunity to voice our opinion.

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