<div dir="ltr">Thank you Donald! Yours is an excellent letter and a great response to Andrea & Brian's op ed.. Really like the image of walking to To. on the roof of bumper to bumper cars.<div><br></div><div>Sharon</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:04 AM Donald Fraser <<a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com">donaldafraser@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"><span name="country-region">
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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal"> Re "<span style="color:black">Time to ditch first-past-the-post electoral system” … </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Andrea Perrella and Brian Tanguay</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">To this excellent Op Ed I would like to add that another benefit of
Proportional Representation (PR) is the stability of long term planning. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Our present system of First Past the Post (FPTP) has the costly
disadvantage of each new government canceling the legislation and projects of
the previous one at great expense to the taxpayer. Under PR, the percentage of
each party in the new government nearly always resembles that of the old,
meaning that the present coalition government participated in drafting the
legislation of the former. So instead of ditching previous legislation, the new
government tweaks and improves it to the benefit of all concerned.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">As an example, consider the transportation problem of Hwy 401 traffic from
Windsor to Montreal by way of Toronto. We all hate
trying to go through Toronto to get past
it. The population of Toronto will double
in 25 years. The present short term ‘remedy’ of each government adding 401 lanes
just won’t suffice. By then one will be able to walk to Toronto on the roofs
of bumper-to-bumper traffic. We need high speed trains to handle commuter
traffic and a Toronto bypass
system to accommodate trucks trying to reach destinations east of TO.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">This is a 25 year project from planning to acquiring land to execution.
The present system of FPTP with its need to show results in 4 years just can’t
handle it. PR allows for stable, long term planning that brings beneficial
results. Germany is an
excellent example of a PR country that delivers master planning.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Yours Truly,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Donald A Fraser,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 13:27, Jennifer Ross <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">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>It is a novel experience to have a mainstream media outlet in support.</div><div><br></div><div>I must say I love the difference!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Jenn<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></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 1:20 PM Sharon Sommerville <<a href="mailto:sharonsommerville@gmail.com" target="_blank">sharonsommerville@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">Hello Everyone,<div><br></div><div>This is a terrific opinion pieces from our friend Brian Tanquay in today's Record:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html" target="_blank">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Happy days,</div><div>Sharon</div></div>
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