Proportional representation

EDITORIAL – U.S. Speaker fiasco gives us a taste of proportional representation

January 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST WEIRDNESS issuing forth from the American system of governance wrapped up early Saturday Washington time as the House of [Continue]

RUCKERT – Citizens’ assemblies a good way to decide on electoral system

September 27, 2021 // 11 Comments

By GISELA RUCKERT Guest Columnist MEL MAY CALL proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I’m laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it’s not [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Pro rep shows up again like an uninvited house guest

September 25, 2021 // 4 Comments

LIKE AN UNWANTED house guest, proportional representation keeps showing up and wanting to move in. It’s happening again. It was inevitable, perhaps, that the losers in the [Continue]

LETTER – Parties must work together to move electoral reform forward

May 8, 2021 // 4 Comments

(An open letter to Kamloops-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod) Dear Ms. McLeod, As your constituents, we are writing this public letter requesting your assistance to address a current [Continue]

LETTER – First past the post, electoral college were designed for the 1800s

November 5, 2020 // 6 Comments

Re: U.S. electoral college has similar advantages to our FPTP WELL, I’VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO MEL for standing tall on his support for both the US Electoral College and BC’s [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Support for electoral reform skyrocketing

November 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

November 22, 2019 – The wake of the 43rd Canadian federal election campaign appears to have churned up support for a certain policy change long thought lost to the depths [Continue]