<div dir="ltr">Thank you Myron! Good letter!<div><br></div><div>Sharon</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:44 PM Jennifer Ross <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>If you haven't seen this:
<span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editors/2021/09/01/more-action-is-needed-on-electoral-reform-in-canada.html" target="_blank">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editors/2021/09/01/more-action-is-needed-on-electoral-reform-in-canada.html</a></span>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:3rem;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarDeckCondensed,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2">More action is needed on electoral reform in Canada</h1><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 48px;padding:0px;display:flex;border-bottom:none"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Merriweather Sans",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:0.4px">Wed., Sept. 1, 2021</span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border-right:1px solid rgb(194,194,194);margin:0px 8px"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Merriweather Sans",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:0.4px"><span role="img" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:20px;font-family:"Material Icons";letter-spacing:normal;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;direction:ltr;font-feature-settings:"liga";vertical-align:middle;padding-right:2px">timer</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">1 min. read</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;max-width:757px;width:757px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"Merriweather Sans",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">I am passionate about the need to reform Canada’s first-past-the post electoral system if our democracy is to thrive. I join many other Canadians in calling for a citizen’s assembly to discuss an evolution of our democracy at the federal and provincial levels. In Canada’s current first-past-the-post system, the candidate who gets the most votes in a geographical area gets a seat in Parliament.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">I favour a further evolution of our democracy to mixed form of first-past-the post and proportional representation. At the federal and provincial level there would still be geographical ridings, and the candidate getting the most votes in each riding would get a seat in parliament. This protects rural areas from being dominated by cities with a higher population. However, other politicians would be elected based on the percentage of votes cast for each party. This prevents governments from having absolute control to govern with, say, less than 35 per cent of the votes cast.</p><span id="gmail-m_4240101956336809965m_2400663535268969264gmail-contentEndBreakPoint" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Here’s another suggestion: My MP and/or MPP must vote according to the party line, and doesn’t have the choice to vote with how the constituents may feel. How does this represent them? Instead, the representative could balance the needs of the party, the constituents and their own conscience when they decide how to vote.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:16px 0px;display:flex;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:italic;font-size:0.875rem;line-height:1.25rem;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Myron Daniel SteinmanKitchener</div></div></div></div></div><br><hr><br><br><p></p><p></p></div></div></div>
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