[fvc-wat-disc] Record article (April 4)

[Derek Kraan]

There was some local coverage:

http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1175920449713&call_pageid=1024322168441&col=1024322596091

Also, if you want a blow-by-blow analysis of what's wrong with Ian
Urquhart's article, this blog post won't disappoint:

http://mrsinistergreg.blogspot.com/2007/04/calling-out-ian-urquhart.html

Derek

2007/4/11, Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at sdf.lonestar.org>:
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>          I just found out that there was an opinion piece by Ian Urquhart
> printed in the Record on April 4 on the upcoming referendum. It
> pretended to be a fair article, but Urquhart played several tricks to
> cast uncertainty and doubt about changing our electoral system. He
> complained about the increase in the number of MPPs, the desire of the
> OCA to "make history", the idea that proportional representation comes
> at the expense of good government, and the undesireability of letting
> small parties get any seats in legislature. He also conflated minority
> governments with coalition governments, calling "majority coalition" an
> oxymoron (which it is, but not for the reason he implies).
>
>          My thinking is that we should be responding to stuff like this.
>
>          Do you think it is worth writing some letters to the editor at
> this late date? Is there other local coverage that we should know about?
>
>
> --
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