<div dir="ltr">Some thoughts:<div><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:958px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:349" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adO" style="font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:348" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Of course, the most efficient government is a benevolent dictator. Then again what did Winston S Churchhill once say about democracy? "</span></font><h1 class="gmail-m_-8327659435721887567gmail-quoteText" style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px">“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”</h1><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">What may be the unintended consequences of the Honorable Doug Ford decision to reduce the number of City Counselors: Preparing the way for a mixed form of Proportional Representation in Toronto</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">1. Mr Ford has cut the number in TO basically in half.</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">2. Mr Ford has created Wards that represent the Provincial and Federal electoral districts.</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">3. Instead of returning to the past Ward boundaries Toronto citizens could elect an additional 20 something counselors by percentage of popular vote.</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">4</span><span class="gmail-m_-8327659435721887567gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">. From my understanding that is the essence of a Mixed form of Proportional Representation: That is we have individuals elected by getting the most votes in a geographical district, and we have individuals elected by who gets the most votes in the whole of (in this situation Toronto)<br>Am I naive?.</span>  <br></div><div><br></div>Myron Daniel Steinman<div>City of Kitchener<br></div><div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="gmail-:301" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="background: url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/1x/more_horiz_black_20dp.png") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: 11px; opacity: 0.54; width: 24px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hi" style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 2:24 PM Jennifer Ross <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/demeaning-democracy-turning-doug-fords-attack-on-toronto-into-a-movement-for-democratic-renewal/5653695" target="_blank">https://www.globalresearch.ca/demeaning-democracy-turning-doug-fords-attack-on-toronto-into-a-movement-for-democratic-renewal/5653695</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_4163471075800883088gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2">This issue might be our tipping point :)</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Jenn<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Bookkeeping Services</font></div><div><font size="2">519-501-2736</font><br></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:10.9091px">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:10.9091px">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></div></div></div>
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