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

[Myron Steinman]

Thank-you. The letter went through a number of re-writings. I actually
missed it/ and am trying to get a copy of the September 1 paper.
I may go to Market Square and get a subscription.

I have been asking them to deliver the Kitchener Post/ I do believe they
purchased it / they do deliver a New York Times supplement...but so far no
luck with that request.
-Myron S

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On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:13 PM Catherine Campbell <cdcampbell9 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yay, Myron!
>
> On Sep 2, 2021, at 5:08 PM, David dirks <daviddirks at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Nice job Myron, thank you!
>
> David
>
> On Thursday, September 2, 2021, 03:25:58 PM EDT, Sharon Sommerville <
> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you Myron!  Good letter!
>
> Sharon
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:44 PM Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> Bookkeeping Services
> 519-501-2736
> 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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