To the editor:<br><br>Today's editorial, Bad Electoral Medicine, is full of FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. It is an obvious attempt to mislead the readers of this newspaper. You say that the current electoral system "leads to strong governments" and that "proportional representation is a recipe for unstable coalitions, permanent minority government and legislative chaos", but stable coalitions exist in many of the Western European countries that use proportional representation. If you want to see legislative chaos, just look at the 90's in Ontario, when we went from the left-of-centre policies of the NDP in the first half of the decade to the right-of-centre policies of the Progressive Conservative government in the second half. A proportional system would not have given either party complete control of the legislature - both would have been forced to cooperate with other parties.
<br><br>A proportional voting system in Ontario would restore democracy to this province. Every vote would be equal and strategic voting would be a thing of the past. I would much rather have strong coalition governments that are elected by a genuine majority of the people than the phony majority governments that we have today.
<br><br>I would not have expected elitist fear-mongering from Canada's largest newspaper, and a progressive one at that.<br><br>--------------------------------------------<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Derek Kraan<br>256 Phillip St, Unit 28
<br>Waterloo, ON N2L 6B6<br>Canada<br><br>day phone: (519)568-3458<br>evening phone: (519)342-5345<br>