Dear Editor:
RE: Just Say No to ‘Proportional Misrepresentation’ Nov. 2 This Just In column by Trevor Lautens.
What a silly opinion piece by Mr Lautens. He has no real argument for first past the post and proportional representation or against proportional representation other than the world is flat and nothing in the world needs to change. “Just mark your preference for the current FPTP ... then down pens.” Really, Trevor! Are you too lazy to find out about PR?
There are many juristications in the world that are governed by PR. They work well & the sky didn’t collapse on them. Lautens lending ink to the idea that PR would open the doors to political fringe parties is ridiculous and unfounded. We may have borrowed from Trump’s playbook on that one.
A change to PR “would produce a co-operative, more harmonious government is dreamland.” More harmonious, likely not, but it does force co-operation and does better represent the voters choice. FPTP has never represented the will of the people. Aren’t you tired of majority government corruption by now?
Brett Humphreys
North Vancouver
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