An open letter to our co-Premiers John Horgan and Andrew Weaver:
To quote Albert Einstein "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
Should B.C. move from the first past the post (FPTP) system of voting to Proportional Representation (PR), that is the question.
Eight-seven out of 195 countries around the world use a form of PR at this time. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Just a thought, why don't we hold the next provincial election as a FPTP, yet have us vote so that we could see how the results would have been under PR.
We would rank all the candidates using the PR format yet the candidate who receives the most votes (FPTP) would be the victor.
I for one would then have a much better understanding of the possible ramifications of using the PR system.
Why spend millions of dollars on a referendum without a test drive?
I like to think we have the technology to do this.
Just a thought.
Neil Van Caeseele
Prince George
