Submission WATT-0645 (Online)

I strongly favour the mixed member proportional representation system. I hope that it is the choice we are given in the referendum next spring and I hope it will pass so that we can bring pendulum politics to an end. [1 page]

It has been a privilege to watch you work so long and so carefully on behalf of all British Columbians. Thank you.

I want to keep my message short and simple. In this province , and indeed elsewhere in Canada we have put up with the first past the post system for far too long. It is time to make a change so that our legislaure is more representative of the various points of view which are clearly evident in our election results. Lopsided and unrepresentative majority governments are a recipe for disenchanted voters, for wasteful destruction of the initatives of previous administrations by their successors and for ongoing failure to have a balanced set of social, economic and cultural policies for B.C. Of the options available for change, I strongly favour the mixed member proportional representation system. I hope that it is the choice we are given in the referendum next spring and I hope it will pass so that we can bring pendulum politics to an end once and for all. May I add that if we can do this in B.C., can Ottawa be far behind?

Thanks again.