[fvc-wat-disc] letter to BC newspapers

[Dave Arthur]

I think we have all been closely following the BC referendum and been very concerned with the lies being said about PR.
Anita has told us about the website attempting to give citizens the facts and was hacked.
I have checked out the Vancouver Sun and Victoria Times-Colonist and read op-eds and letters for and against.
We are told it’s close and could go either way.
I know voteprbc is doing all they can with the resources they have.
I wish there was more we could do.
I would like to try to send a letter to these two papers.
I have no idea how a letter from someone in Ontario would be accepted.
Comments?
Dave A


To our fellow Canadians living in British Columbia.
You are our hope for electoral system change.  We were very disappointed and angry when Justin Trudeau ignored the overwhelming evidence and support for proportional representation presented to his committee and at town halls, and then reneged on his promise.  We ask that you separate facts from fictions about PR.  When 90% of EU and OECD countries use PR, when countries like New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and others have moved from FPTP to PR, when no countries have moved the other way, and when PR is proven to provide more cooperation, consensus, long range planning, civility, effective voting as well as local representation for everyone, and actually reduces the chance of an extreme party gaining a false majority, PR is clearly the best choice. Please vote for PR.
David Arthur, 
Kitchener, Ontario


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