<div dir="ltr">Oh for sure electoral reform is only the first step. But its the step that allows the thinking of "where else can we improve our democracy?" to be wide open. In other words, I don't think you'll get as far (Chong's prior attempt, anyone?) until you've proven electoral reform can happen.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here's a lightweight article explaining that the electoral system is not all that's wrong with Parliament.<br>
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>It's also possible that even if electoral reform is accomplished, it will be of limited utility so long as Parliament remains unreformed.<br>
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>There is, for now, no shortage of words about what's wrong and what might be done to improve matters. It is merely down to the will of the participants to change things.<br>
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How true...<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><font color="#888888"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><span style="line-height:10.909090995788574px">No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power </span></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><span style="line-height:10.909090995788574px">in the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister. </span></span></font></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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