[fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER

[Jennifer Ross]

Looks good to me, as a finish too, Dave!

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:

> Here is a start. It’s too long at this point.
> Comments?
>
>
> Lydia Miljan’s opinion column about B.C.’s election and the perils of
> proportional representation once again demonstrate how the Fraser
> Institute’s bias against PR and fair representational democracy for all
> Canadians distorts the facts to suit their purpose.
>
> She paints coalitions and working with other parties as bad. In fact,
> research shows that the 90% of developed democracies that use PR typically
> have more effective government and better long range planning with less
> policy lurch from one government to the next. This was emphasized by 88% of
> presentations to the Trudeau government’s special committee advocating PR.
>
> Miljan’s assertion that over 80% of B.C. voted against the policies of the
> Green Party is nonsense. A majority of B.C. support many Green policies on
> pipelines and the environment.
>
> Regarding the carbon tax, B.C. with widespread support, was the first
> jurisdiction in North America to implement this revenue neutral response to
> B.C.’s putting environmental concerns as top priority.
>
> The problem is not how legitimately elected PR governments are
> disproportionately influenced by the smaller parties but how majority
> governments falsely elected by a minority of Canadians wield total power
> and remove representation of millions of Canadians who vote for other
> parties.
>
> Trudeau promised electoral reform and then broke his promise saying it was
> his decision to make. He said there was no consensus among Canadians. 88%
> of representations to the special committee asked for proportional
> representation as did the vast majority of Canadians who attended town hall
> meetings across the country.
>
> Parliament will vote on accepting the ERRE Report on May 31. Tell your MPs
> you want them to support the committee recommendations and PR.
>
> *From:* Dave Arthur
> *Sent:* Friday, May 19, 2017 7:56 AM
> *To:* fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org ; FVCchapters at yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth
> Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER
>
> The Fraser Institute is at it again.
> The column in today’s Record is about the “perils of PR”.
> https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7323136-b-c-s-
> election-the-perils-of-proportional-representation/
> Anyone want to respond.
> The biggest falsehood is that our system works to deliver majority
> governments more often than not.
> Not false majorities.
> Dave
>
> *From:* cdcampbell9 at gmail.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:09 PM
> *To:* fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org ; fvc-wat-disc at listserv.
> thinkers.org ; FVCchapters at yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth
> Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER
>
> I thought the proposal to make a legal challenge against the government on
> the basis of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was excellent. It might
> win. In the meantime, it will keep the policy of PR in front of the media
> which has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
> *From: *Sharon Sommerville
> *Sent: *Thursday, May 18, 2017 10:16 PM
> *To: *fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org; FVCchapters at yahoogroups.com
> *Reply To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> *Subject: *Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth
>
> Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER
>
> Here is Pakin's interview with Karina Gould.
>
> http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/
> democracy-and-the-charter
>
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Sharon Sommerville <
> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Steve Pakin interviewed two academics on The Agenda this week.  I was
>> looking for his interview with Karina Gould but instead found this
>> interesting discussion.  At 26 minutes, it is worth a watch.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGHUXT1EayI
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sharon
>>
>>
>
>
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