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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Bob.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I didn’t know that show was available afterwards online.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to listen and to the couple phone-ins that followed.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The one phone-in Mike used the usual tact of pointing at PR countries that were experiencing the problem of a far right party getting enough votes and seats to cause problems.</p><p class=MsoNormal>We need to emphasize that this is a poor argument against PR.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Research shows that PR countries have more cooperation and consensus and long range planning.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The thresholds help prevent much of the problem.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The presentation by Helen Clark, three term PM of New Zealand, on the Broadbent website, makes the operation of parliament in NZ more admirable than our partisan fighting.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The fact is that a number of countries (e.g. NZ, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) have moved from FPTP to PR.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Are there any countries attempting to move from PR to FPTP? </p><p class=MsoNormal>If a far right populist party should happen to get 38% of the votes at some point, would we prefer them to have 65% of the seats and 100% power or 38% of the seats and a minority?</p><p class=MsoNormal>I sure wish Doug Ford had only 40% of the seats.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">Bob Jonkman</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, September 20, 2018 8:22 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion List</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[fvc-wat-disc] David Arthur on The Mike Farwell Show</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just found out that Fair Vote Waterloo's own Dave Arthur was</p><p class=MsoNormal>interviewed on the Mike Farwell radio show Tuesday morning.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.570news.com/audio/the-mike-farwell-show/</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave's segment starts at about 43m19s and goes for about 13 minutes</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Bob.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413</p><p class=MsoNormal>SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/</p><p class=MsoNormal>Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting</p><p class=MsoNormal>GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>