Proportional representation

IN THE LEDGE – A poetic dissertation on what’s wrong with the referendum

October 23, 2018 // 6 Comments

Debate in the Legislature Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 on the referendum on electoral change, with Opposition members questioning Premier John Horgan on a date for a televised [Continue]

ELECTORAL CHANGE – Let us remember the word ‘democracy’ in every sense

October 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

Excerpts from a speech by Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett this week during debate in the Legislature on Bill 40, the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Amendment Act. By [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Thanks, but no thanks to challenge issued on prop rep

October 17, 2018 // 11 Comments

This guest column is a response to an Open Letter from the Armchair Mayor, published Oct. 11, 2018, challenging Fair Vote Kamloops to publish articles on its Facebook page [Continue]

ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Don’t be fooled by the hocus pocus of prop rep math

October 6, 2018 // 11 Comments

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS wrong with the referendum on proportional representation, it would take as long to cover it all as it would to explain the convoluted and foggy [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT: Coalitions aren’t great at getting things done

October 5, 2018 // 6 Comments

Re: LETTER – What are BC Liberals so afraid of?: I like the idea of reform, because I’m not a fan of the current system. However, I have concerns with prop rep [Continue]

GUEST – Do facts matter? Raising the level of debate over our voting system

September 2, 2018 // 7 Comments

In July I wrote an editorial about a presentation by Dr. Dennis Pilon of York University in which he supported proportional representation. He took exception to the editorial [Continue]