I have tried for years to get Ottawa to change the election
laws, without success. In view of this wasted effort, I
can’t see that Victoria will implement any changes that
‘could’ affect political VIPs adversely.
Although, I must admit, the Premier has been doing a lot of good so
far.
What I would like to see is a much fairer system that assures
equality to all. One would think such a simple request would be a
natural in any form of democracy. Alas, it is not. Since the
founding of this country, the east has dominated the west, and over
the years, the south has succeeded dominating the north. The reason
for this "dictatorship by the masses" is the one person, one vote
approach to things. It may sound very democratic, but it is not.
The result of this philosophy is evident in the fact that only a
small portion of eligible voters still bother to vote. With the
feds this let to the impossible position where the Liberals have
477 seats and of those about a dozen come from west of the Ontario
border. In our province it has led, in election after election, to
the sad fact that the Lower Mainland decides who runs the province.
Since all the bums and freeloaders congregate to that place and
demand, by their massive votes, that the remainder of the province
pay their bills, and get what they want by voting for the
government, the NDP, in this case, they were all a very happy
family. We have to change the laws to the effect that all regions,
(hopefully, a region, like a regional district, equals an electoral
area), carry the same number of seats, never mind how many people
live in that region.
Another very important aspect of the principles of democracy is
to have a quorum. It is my understanding that most western
democracies have just that. What would happen if only five percent
of eligible voters go to the poles and these are all in the east,
or in the south, if you will. Will they still demand to reign over
all, of course, they will, and in their view, at least, they have
every right to do so. Mandate a quorum. If fifty percent of
eligible voters did not bother, the election is null and void.
These are the two main request that I have.
Good luck with you efforts.
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