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[Jennifer Ross]

Terrific letter, Donald!!

Thanks so much for sharing it!

Jenn
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:09 AM Sharon Sommerville <
sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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