Good evening Rob .... things are cooling off here
and the leafs are changing, and we off to take a
road trip tomorrow to look at'em before I have to
have my say on this electoral reform....

Oh bother...poo poo

 -=> Quoting Rob Mccart to Peter Coggon <=-

 RM> Oops..  I was talking about this as though it were a Federal
 RM> change where it would only be Provincial, at least at first.

 TVO had a show about it last night, very interesting, but not
sure I want political partys making the decsions on who gets
these proportional seats.   I'd rather have electors vote who
gets them, even if a runoff to decide who does, not some old
party hacks being given a place at the trough.

 RM> The same basic problems are still there, just on a smaller scale.

 RM> A closer look at it shows it's not quite the same as the US
 RM> system where you can vote for the President separately.

 Not worried about voting like they do in the USA.   It has been
tried in European countrys and they find it better, or so the
program last night pointed out.    The other thing on the program
which still leaves me with doubts is the loggerheads they still
had on the panel talking it over.

 RM> It's more like, in a close vote, it could change who is elected
 RM> or change a majority gov't into a minority one where next to nothing
 RM> gets accomplished. It may give a few of the little parties some
 RM> seats in parliament that they normally wouldn't have gotten but
 RM> that just reduces the support for the party in power which has
 RM> the same effect.   I think it's more important to vote for the
 RM> party who's policies you most like (least hate?) rather than
 RM> splitting the vote to elect a local rep you like from another
 RM> party who will have virtually no power because he's not a member
 RM> of the ruling party.

  I like minority governments,  they work better because everyone
of the partys and even the independents is important to keeping
the system going, rather then doing a tiring expensive election
over and over.

 RM> -!-

  Today, in the local stores, this issue is being discussed
and it seems that 70% are not voting.   Thats my unofficial
poll.   They hate all partys.    Torys and Liberals are one
party representing Corporate Bay Street, and the rest are
wannabees that couldn't get either nomination from Bay Street's
puppets.   

As for the reform , new idea, they want to know more, and
the idea of referendum to if promises are broken rightaway
the call for a contract review, and impeachment of any rep
that betrays the voters trust.

Might make politician think twice before making promises just
to get elected, knowing they will never carry them out.

Oh...poo Rob ... October 10th is coming faster then we want
with this one.

Wheres the rest of the Cannucks in Ontairo on this one?

ttfn

Pete




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