Editor:
One of the most important votes for our democracy looms on the horizon. Proportional representation is the most significant change we need to make to forge a democracy out of our voting system. We reassure ourselves that we live in a democracy, but if only 40 per cent of the population is represented when the decisions are being made that affect us all, it’s not a democracy. It’s rule by a minority.
The same issues keep resurfacing when we change from one 40 per cent majority government to the other, because the voices of 60 per cent of the population are not heard at all. We have to make a change, and proportional representation addresses many of the most basic concerns about power inequity. Don’t waste your vote on first-past-the-post.
With proportional rep, your voice is heard, and your concerns given consideration.
Caitlin Hicks, Roberts Creek
