[fvc-wat-disc] Fwd: [pr-writers] Letter in Kitchener Record

[Jennifer Ross]

If you haven't seen this:
https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editors/2021/09/01/more-action-is-needed-on-electoral-reform-in-canada.html


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No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in
the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.


More action is needed on electoral reform in Canada
Wed., Sept. 1, 2021timer1 min. read

I am passionate about the need to reform Canada’s first-past-the post
electoral system if our democracy is to thrive. I join many other Canadians
in calling for a citizen’s assembly to discuss an evolution of our
democracy at the federal and provincial levels. In Canada’s current
first-past-the-post system, the candidate who gets the most votes in a
geographical area gets a seat in Parliament.

I favour a further evolution of our democracy to mixed form of
first-past-the post and proportional representation. At the federal and
provincial level there would still be geographical ridings, and the
candidate getting the most votes in each riding would get a seat in
parliament. This protects rural areas from being dominated by cities with a
higher population. However, other politicians would be elected based on the
percentage of votes cast for each party. This prevents governments from
having absolute control to govern with, say, less than 35 per cent of the
votes cast.

Here’s another suggestion: My MP and/or MPP must vote according to the
party line, and doesn’t have the choice to vote with how the constituents
may feel. How does this represent them? Instead, the representative could
balance the needs of the party, the constituents and their own conscience
when they decide how to vote.
Myron Daniel SteinmanKitchener

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