CHARBONNEAU – Electoral reform disappointment Number Three
Town hall meetings on electoral reform drew some large crowds in 2016. (FairVoting BC Facebook)
I WAS DISAPPOINTED but not surprised when Prime Minister Trudeau abandoned his plans for electoral reform. I’ve been let down before.
The first time was in 2005 when a Citizens’ Assembly was created to study models of reform. After much deliberation, they recommended a made-in-BC type of Single Transferable Vote called BC-STV.
The referendum was coincident with the provincial vote. Only weeks away from the vote, an Angus Reid poll showed that two-thirds of respondents knew “nothing” or “very little” about BC-STV.
David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
You are correct of course that most did not fully understand what the single transferable vote or what proportional representation meant, but we,ve learned the hard way what the so called ” first past the post” can bring us along with Christie Clarke picking a riding she knows she will be elected in,especially after the toll booths on the coque disappeared over night.Most of us are sure willing to learn what might give us some BC politics that will have less of a stench.
Christie and some of her coherts are pastmasters at the art of bullshit and it,s time they were outed to collect their far too large pensions.
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“…an Angus Reid poll showed that two-thirds of respondents knew “nothing” or “very little” about BC-STV.”
Stop right there and ponder…and really, do not blame the government.
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