<div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Thank-you. The letter went through a number of re-writings. I actually missed it/ and am trying to get a copy of the September 1 paper. </div><div>I may go to Market Square and get a subscription.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been asking them to deliver the Kitchener Post/ I do believe they purchased it / they do deliver a New York Times supplement...but so far no luck with that request.</div><div>-Myron S</div><div><br></div><div>.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:13 PM Catherine Campbell <<a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com" target="_blank">cdcampbell9@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="auto"><div dir="ltr">Yay, Myron!</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 2, 2021, at 5:08 PM, David dirks <<a href="mailto:daviddirks@rogers.com" target="_blank">daviddirks@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Nice job Myron, thank you!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">David<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, September 2, 2021, 03:25:58 PM EDT, Sharon Sommerville <<a href="mailto:sharonsommerville@gmail.com" target="_blank">sharonsommerville@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_-298676994307701579gmail-m_-459328272886860233yiv5087978140"><div><div dir="ltr">Thank you Myron! Good letter!<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Sharon</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div id="gmail-m_-298676994307701579gmail-m_-459328272886860233yiv5087978140yqt38294"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:44 PM Jennifer Ross <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote 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 rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" 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 clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></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 clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><font style="background-color:inherit" color="#888888"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:tahoma,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,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 clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarDeckCondensed,"New Times",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2">More action is needed on electoral reform in Canada</h1><div style="margin:24px 0px 48px;padding:0px;display:flex;border-bottom:none"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span><span style="font-family: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="border-right:1px solid rgb(194,194,194);margin:0px 8px"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:0.4px"><span style="line-height:20px;letter-spacing:normal;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;direction:ltr;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:2px">timer</span><span>1 min. read</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;max-width:757px;width:757px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"New serif";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="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"New serif";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_-298676994307701579gmail-m_-459328272886860233yiv5087978140gmail-m_4240101956336809965m_2400663535268969264gmail-contentEndBreakPoint" style="display:block"></span><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;font-family:TorstarTextO3,"New serif";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="margin:0px;padding:0px"></div><div style="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;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Myron Daniel SteinmanKitchener</div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><hr><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><p></p><p></p></div></div></div>
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