Proportional representation

LETTER – What if the system keeps putting minority in charge of majority?

November 19, 2018 // 4 Comments

Mr. Anderson, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, is staying out of the electoral reform debate because he feels the issue should be non-partisan. He’s right. This [Continue]

LETTER – MLA Stone should have remained neutral on prop rep issue

November 18, 2018 // 8 Comments

To Kamloops South Thompson MLA Todd Stone: Last night I received a phone message from you. Right away you announced that this was advertising sponsored by the BC Liberal [Continue]

EDITORIAL – This referendum is now invalid; scrap it and start over

November 18, 2018 // 13 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REFERENDUM on electoral change in B.C. should be called off, right now. Premier John Horgan invalidated the process this week when he [Continue]

LETTER – Milobar and Stone don’t represent all perspectives in our ridings

November 17, 2018 // 8 Comments

MLAs Milobar and Stone have been extremely vocal on the Pro Rep issue – even though they represent only a portion of local voters. We couldn’t ask for a better [Continue]

MILOBAR – Don’t be fooled by PR’s claims about sunshine and roses

November 16, 2018 // 10 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson THE PRO-PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (PR) campaigners in this province will have you believe that changing B.C.’s electoral [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Seriously, is this any way to decide a referendum?

November 14, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REFERENDUM on proportion representation is in a shambles. Cheer leaders for prop rep accuse First Past the Post defenders of fear [Continue]

REFERENDUM – The compelling arguments against prop rep in B.C.

November 12, 2018 // 5 Comments

Former NDP Premiers Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh may be against electoral reform, but retired lawyer Ian MacLeod expresses his opposition best By ROSLYN KUNIN Columnist, Troy [Continue]

LETTER – All three prop rep choices guarantee at least one local MLA

November 12, 2018 // 3 Comments

A really good example of false advertising can be found right now in B.C. newspapers. Over the past weeks, ads have appeared stating “Time to Say Farewell to Your Local [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What to expect from Horgan and Wilkinson in the debate

November 7, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DEBATE NOBODY EXPECTED to happen is set for Thursday night at 7 p.m. on Global and CBC TV and radio and it should be a corker. I’m [Continue]

REFERENDUM – 87 ridings represent 100 per cent of the power under FPTP

November 6, 2018 // 5 Comments

Comments by MLA Mike Morris (Liberal, Prince George-Mackenzie) in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 during debate on on proportional representation. M. Morris: The [Continue]

LETTER – We face ‘wicked problems,’ very complex and difficult to solve

November 5, 2018 // 11 Comments

My daughter and I were recently discussing my observation that some of her peers where making a conscious choice not to work full time, at least for now, even when they were [Continue]

TRAVIS – Time to dial down the rhetoric in B.C.’s referendum campaign

November 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

HAVING SURVIVED two referendums in Quebec – the 1992 Charlottetown Accord and the 1995 referendum on independence – I feel I might have a few experiences to share and [Continue]

LETTER – First Past The Post – a stupid way to run a party or an election

October 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

Major political parties do not use First Past The Post when electing a new leader. Not even the BC Liberals who are fighting to keep this antiquated voting system. If you had [Continue]

BEPPLE – Should the side with the most marbles always win the game?

October 24, 2018 // 5 Comments

I WENT LOOKING FOR the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform voting package in my mail today. I’d seen online that some people in Kamloops had received their packages. [Continue]