[fvc-wat-disc] Feb 1 Letter

[Cathy Scott]

Great letter, Don. I saw it in The Record.
Cathy Scott

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Donald Fraser <donaldafraser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
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> Yours Truly,
>
> Donald A Fraser,
>
> 184 Forsyth Drive,
>
> Waterloo, Ontario,
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> N2L-1A2.
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> donaldafraser at gmail.com
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>
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