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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Awesome letter, Richard!! Thank you for sharing it.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You're allowed to write one letter every two months -
maybe that limit only counts for the ones that go in their paper
version. What I usually do is try to tie the call for PR (our broken record
message that we can't repeat often enough) to something in the recent news or an
opinion column in the paper - may make them more likely to print it. Never
any lack of topics to tag the need for PR on to, since pretty much
everything the government is doing the majority can't stand, and would very
likely not be happening if we had equal and effective votes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anita</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=richard.fairman@hotmail.com
href="mailto:richard.fairman@hotmail.com">Richard Fairman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">Fair Vote Canada Wat Disc
Group</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [fvc-wat-disc] letter to
editor</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello Everyone<BR>I sent this letter-to-the-editor at The Record,
to which they responded saying that they would publish it. It was not
published in print but to my knowledge only in their on-line version of Jan.
30 and then, at that, only hidden under "view more articles" that must be
clicked in order to be viewed. Why did they even bother? Clearly,
The Record disagrees with the sentiments.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" color=#5f497a
size=3 face="Comic Sans MS">Democracy means <I>the people rule</I>.
Representative democracy means <I>the people rule through their elected
representatives</I>.<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" color=#5f497a
size=3 face="Comic Sans MS">Therefore, if representative democracy is to be
truly rendered, the will of the people must be accurately
represented.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" color=#5f497a
size=3 face="Comic Sans MS">The Canadian electoral method fails democracy by
typically awarding false, 60 percent majorities to parties with as little as
35 percent of the electorate's actual support. Thus, the will of the people is
typically deceived, defrauded and deposed, and consequently, the resultant
government illegitimate.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" color=#5f497a
size=3 face="Comic Sans MS">Only an accurately proportionate voting system
mirrors, honours and serves the supreme will of the people; hence, only
proportional representation can be true to the first principles of
democracy.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#5f497a><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" size=3 face="Comic Sans MS">Let's
repudiate our charade of an electoral system, a system that usurps precedence
over democracy itself, a system that's been in place since women were deprived
of the right to vote and is as morally repugnant. Let's get it right Canada!
</FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" size=3
face="Comic Sans MS">It's called <EM>progress</EM>. Proportional
representation <EM>is</EM> democracy. Let's insist on
it.</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" size=3
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></DIV>
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size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#5f497a></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#5f497a><IMG
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" color=#7030a0
size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#5f497a>Rick
Fairman</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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