<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Dave ... great letter!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 December 2016 at 14:42, Jennifer Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">That is an outstanding letter, David Arthur! They are likely gathering up all the "Hepburn" letters for posting next week :)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Anita Nickerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anitann88@gmail.com" target="_blank">anitann88@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes, it was great to see so many letters in the Star!</div><div class="m_6080995942706644394HOEnZb"><div class="m_6080995942706644394h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Dave Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthurd23@bell.net" target="_blank">arthurd23@bell.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>The Star had 24 letters about the electoral reform issue today, the
majority of them pro-PR.</div>
<div><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2016/12/10/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-must-keep-pledge-on-electoral-reform.html" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/opinio<wbr>n/letters_to_the_editors/2016/<wbr>12/10/prime-minister-justin-tr<wbr>udeau-must-keep-pledge-on-elec<wbr>toral-reform.html</a></div>
<div>They haven’t included mine and I haven’t received acknowledgement of it by
them although I sent it several days ago.</div>
<div>Maybe picking on one of their columnists is a no-no.</div>
<div>Here is my response to Hepburn’s column.</div>
<div>Dave A</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:13pt"><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Hepburn’s Arguments
Ill-Conceived</font></font></span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:13pt"><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Bob Hepburn says changing
our voting system is a bad idea.<span>
</span>But 88% of the witnesses and briefs submitted by Canadians who have
studied the issue say we need proportional representation, the system used by
90% of other developed democracies in the world.<span> </span>What do those countries know that
Hepburn doesn’t?<span> </span>PR countries
typically have more stable, longer lasting governments, better representation
for all citizens, more cooperation and consensus, less partisan bitterness,
longer range planning, less policy lurch, better voter turnouts, and sincere
rather than strategic voting.<span>
</span>Systems using multi-member or larger ridings with additional MPs give
constituents more, not less contact with representatives.<span> </span>Candidate lists adding proportional MPs
can be open and ranked by voters adding more democracy, not less. Canada
is almost alone with its unfair version of democracy. Friends in countries with
PR can’t believe we have stayed with a system where votes are not equal and too
many do not count toward representation.</font></font></span><span></span></p>
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<a title="2jennross@gmail.com">Jennifer Ross</a> </div>
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<div>This is great, Eleanor!<br><br></div>Could I also request a plug for <a href="http://www.mycanadiandemocracy.ca" target="_blank">www.mycanadiandemocracy.ca</a>, to help
in answering the survey for a proportional outcome?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 12:15 AM, Eleanor Grant <span dir="ltr"><<a>eleanor7000@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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