After reading Todd Whitcombe's column on First Past the Post (FPTP), I found myself very disappointed as to his reasoning.
Our current system allows special interest groups too much say in how our democracy works.
When governments are elected with a majority with just 39 per cent of the vote, 61 per cent of taxpayer voters desires aren't being addressed. Under the current system (FPTP), the only time you see a resemblance of democracy is when the writ is dropped and the vote outcome is a minority government.
Normally after the election has been won we go back to the same old undemocratic government being run by same good old boys network with party whips telling people who were elected by we the voters what to do and what to say. That is not even close to being democratic. Under (FPTF) scandal after scandal has been the normal, which prevents the people's business from being done.
How many of us have heard the statement in reference to politicians ( they're nothing but a bunch of crooks)? People are being turned off by the Canadian political process. In the last federal election more people voted for change. That accounted for the high turnout.
Politicians from ruling parties become too easily influenced by donations to their party by big money. I'm of the opinion that under a differential system there would be a number of wealthy new inmates in our prison system. British Columbians are many times likely to embrace a new ideas than other provinces. We were first with the carbon tax which has given us a leg up on producing green energy.
Stan New
Prince George
