[fvc-wat-disc] In Today's Record Online!

[Sharon Sommerville]

Thank you Donald!  Yours is an excellent letter and a great response to
Andrea & Brian's op ed..  Really like the image of walking to To. on the
roof of bumper to bumper cars.

Sharon

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:04 AM Donald Fraser <donaldafraser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Editor,
>
>
>   Re "Time to ditch first-past-the-post electoral system” … Andrea
> Perrella and Brian Tanguay
> <https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html>
> … Sept 12, 2021
>
>
>
> To this excellent Op Ed I would like to add that another benefit of
> Proportional Representation (PR) is the stability of long term planning.
>
>
>
> Our present system of First Past the Post (FPTP) has the costly
> disadvantage of each new government canceling the legislation and projects
> of the previous one at great expense to the taxpayer. Under PR, the
> percentage of each party in the new government nearly always resembles that
> of the old, meaning that the present coalition government participated in
> drafting the legislation of the former. So instead of ditching previous
> legislation, the new government tweaks and improves it to the benefit of
> all concerned.
>
>
>
> As an example, consider the transportation problem of Hwy 401 traffic from
> Windsor to Montreal by way of Toronto. We all hate trying to go through
> Toronto to get past it. The population of Toronto will double in 25 years.
> The present short term ‘remedy’ of each government adding 401 lanes just
> won’t suffice. By then one will be able to walk to Toronto on the roofs of
> bumper-to-bumper traffic. We need high speed trains to handle commuter
> traffic and a Toronto bypass system to accommodate trucks trying to reach
> destinations east of TO.
>
>
>
> This is a 25 year project from planning to acquiring land to execution.
> The present system of FPTP with its need to show results in 4 years just
> can’t handle it. PR allows for stable, long term planning that brings
> beneficial results. Germany is an excellent example of a PR country that
> delivers master planning.
>
>
>
> Yours Truly,
>
> Donald A Fraser,
>
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 13:27, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is a novel experience to have a mainstream media outlet in support.
>>
>> I must say I love the difference!!!
>>
>> Jenn
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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.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 1:20 PM Sharon Sommerville <
>> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> This is a terrific opinion pieces from our friend Brian Tanquay in
>>> today's Record:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html
>>>
>>> Happy days,
>>> Sharon
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