I am voting for proportional representation
I benefitted from the first past the post system of electing representatives. For almost 30 years I was a political, and very partisan, insider. I ran in five provincial elections,
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I benefitted from the first past the post system of electing representatives. For almost 30 years I was a political, and very partisan, insider. I ran in five provincial elections,
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As someone who spent 15 years in a government caucus the make-up of which was determined by the ‘first past the post’ (winner take all) electoral system, I have a
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“Creating Citizens: Public Education and Liberal Democracy” (here), by Eamon Callan, is one of the books that has greatly influenced my thinking about public education. Callan begins his book with
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In advance of the 2015 federal general election the then Official Opposition, the Liberal Party of Canada, unveiled a platform that included the following statement about electoral reform: We will
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The recent, and not yet fully counted, B.C. election is not only a cliff hanger: it also bares the prospect of a new political era in the province and the
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In a vibrant democracy, people should change their government on a regular basis. In B.C. in 2017 it would be timely, as well, to change the way we change our
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