BC is readying for another referendum on what they term “Fair.gov” suggesting to proportionally allocate legislative seats based on provincial results. This is based on each parties electoral balloting by percentage. This has caused me to reflect on both our learnings from travel to other regions that have proportional representation and our most recent experience in attempting to effect change related to a traffic safety hazard in Ladysmith, BC. There are some countries, primarily in Europe that have proportional representation. You can look them up on the internet for a full list but three countries come to mind illustrating their dysfunction, Greece, Belgium and Italy. All are in serious financial difficulties, and the major issues relate to the ability to action a government with a cohesive agenda and message and hold their elected politicians accountable. Many of these proportional models use what is called an additional member system which introduces the balancing of...
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