[fvc-wat-disc] Feb 1 Letter

[Donald Fraser]

Hi all ... just sent the following letter to every newspaper in Canada as
promised

It's a bit risky because one can lose one's letter writing privileges to
favourite recipients if found out, but the content was of national concern,
so there is a basis for forgiveness if discovered

cheers,
Don

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Dear Editor,



Re: First Anniversary of the Liberal Broken Election Reform Promise



On February 1, we remember sadly the first anniversary of Justin’s broken
election promise who pledged so enthusiastically in his campaign that the
2016 election was the last under our antiquated “First-past-the-post”
(FPTP) system. FPTP gave Harper a majority in 2011 with only 39.4% of the
vote and gave Trudeau his present majority with only 39.6%.



In truth, the PM did not promise Proportional Representation (PR) which is
the only fair system that makes every vote count equally by giving each
Party the same percentage of seats in Ottawa as their votes won in the
election. He did promise to look “fully and fairly” at our electoral system
but, as became clear later, he actually preferred ranked ballot which under
most models would have given the Liberals, the centrist party of Canada, in
excess of 200 seats instead of the 184 they received at election time.



During the election reform process, over 80% of the submissions made by
interested and informed individuals across Canada indicated a decisive
preference for PR. PR in Canada would almost certainly result in
cooperative non-majority government and continuity in policy as opposed to
the “policy pendulum” in which each new government cancels or guts the
legislation of the previous one at great expense.



We need the stability of good long term planning, cooperation among MPs and
sound, robust policy that PR brings.



Let us all insist on this change for the better.





Yours Truly,

Donald A Fraser,

184 Forsyth Drive,

Waterloo, Ontario,

N2L-1A2.

donaldafraser at gmail.com
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