[fvc-wat-disc] Letter to the Editor

[Sharon Sommerville]

Laurel,

Great letter, you hit it out of the park on many important issues. Thank
you!

Will watch for its publication over the next few days.

Cheers,
Sharon

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 1:11 PM Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l at russwurm.org>
wrote:

>
> https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9270160-freeland-says-foreign-election-meddling-in-october-federal-vote-is-likely/
>
> I was pretty horrified when I read the above referenced article, so wrote
> the following letter in response to it:
>
> *Canadian government needs no help undermining our democracy*
>
> In the Record article, "Freeland says foreign election meddling in
> October federal vote is likely
> <https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9270160-freeland-says-foreign-election-meddling-in-october-federal-vote-is-likely/>,"
> Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland claims concerns about increasing
> political polarization in Canadian society.  But blaming ambiguous "malign
> foreign actors" for Canadian voter cynicism is self-serving nonsense.
> Perhaps Ms Freeland should confer with Ms Gould before publicly undermining
> our Democratic Institutions.
>
> Ms Freeland need look no further than her own government's actions: first,
> repeatedly promising Canadians Electoral Reform and then sabotaging its own
> reform process when the Electoral Reform Committee recommendation was an
> answer the Prime Minister didn't like.  Canada's epidemic of voter cynicism
> arises from a voting system where some votes are worth more than others.
> Implementation of any form of Proportional Representation is the cure.
>
> Because Canadian Governments sensibly refrained from adopting online
> voting, we can be confident our paper ballot technology is immune to
> digital hacking.
>
> Which makes Ms Freeland's *critical election protocol* the solution to a
> nonexistent problem.  A protocol allowing senior public servants to
> publicly fearmonger about "malign acts of interference" during an election
> sounds like a plan to allow the outgoing Canadian Government destabilize
> the election if they think they're losing.  Bad idea.
>
> Laurel Russwurm
>
> Although I think my letter goes beyond the FVC purview, it does talk about
> Proportional Representation, so I thought I'd share it here as they called
> to confirm I'd written it.  Also, since I don't subscribe, I might miss it
> if it's printed, so I'd love to hear from anyone if it is.  Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Laurel
>
>
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