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<DIV>Here is a start. It’s too long at this point.</DIV>
<DIV>Comments?</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Lydia Miljan’s opinion column about B.C.’s election
and the perils of proportional representation once again demonstrate how the
Fraser Institute’s bias against PR and fair representational democracy for all
Canadians distorts the facts to suit their purpose.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">She paints coalitions and working with other parties
as bad. In fact, research shows that the 90% of developed democracies that use
PR typically have more effective government and better long range planning with
less policy lurch from one government to the next. This was emphasized by 88% of
presentations to the Trudeau government’s special committee advocating
PR.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Miljan’s assertion that over 80% of B.C. voted against
the policies of the Green Party is nonsense. A majority of B.C. support many
Green policies on pipelines and the environment.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Regarding the carbon tax, B.C. with widespread
support, was the first jurisdiction in North America to implement this revenue
neutral response to B.C.’s putting environmental concerns as top
priority.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">The problem is not how legitimately elected PR
governments are disproportionately influenced by the smaller parties but how
majority governments falsely elected by a minority of Canadians wield total
power and remove representation of millions of Canadians who vote for other
parties.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Trudeau promised electoral reform and then broke his
promise saying it was his decision to make. He said there was no consensus among
Canadians. 88% of representations to the special committee asked for
proportional representation as did the vast majority of Canadians who attended
town hall meetings across the country.</SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Parliament will vote on accepting the ERRE Report on
May 31. Tell your MPs you want them to support the committee recommendations and
PR.</SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=arthurd23@bell.net>Dave
Arthur</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 19, 2017 7:56 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org>fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
; <A title=FVCchapters@yahoogroups.com>FVCchapters@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth
Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>The Fraser Institute is at it again.</DIV>
<DIV>The column in today’s Record is about the “perils of PR”.</DIV>
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title=https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7323136-b-c-s-election-the-perils-of-proportional-representation/
href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7323136-b-c-s-election-the-perils-of-proportional-representation/">https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7323136-b-c-s-election-the-perils-of-proportional-representation/</A></DIV>
<DIV>Anyone want to respond.</DIV>
<DIV>The biggest falsehood is that our system works to deliver majority
governments more often than not.</DIV>
<DIV>Not false majorities.</DIV>
<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=cdcampbell9@gmail.com>cdcampbell9@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org>fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
; <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org>fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
; <A title=FVCchapters@yahoogroups.com>FVCchapters@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Interview on The Agenda with Elizabeth
Goodyear-Grant & Melissa Williams on ER</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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thought the proposal to make a legal challenge against the government on the
basis of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was excellent. It might win. In the
meantime, it will keep the policy of PR in front of the media which has
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From: </B>Sharon Sommerville</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent: </B>Thursday, May 18, 2017 10:16 PM</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Here is Pakin's interview with Karina Gould.
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<DIV><A
href="http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/democracy-and-the-charter">http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/democracy-and-the-charter</A><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Sharon Sommerville <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A target=_blank>sharonsommerville@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
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<DIV>Steve Pakin interviewed two academics on The Agenda this week. I
was looking for his interview with Karina Gould but instead found this
interesting discussion. At 26 minutes, it is worth a watch.</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGHUXT1EayI"
target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?<WBR>v=EGHUXT1EayI</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Sharon</DIV>
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