Letters

I moved to Shirley in 1993. We used to go to downtown Victoria, at least, two times a week. We treated the Colwood crawl with a sense a humour for years.

I have already voted not to change the First Past the Post system of voting. My reason was the choices for Proportional Representation were not to my liking.

Re: Vandalism rocks historic mansion ( News , Nov. 21)

I thank Christina Mitchell for injecting some realism into the discussion of building movie studios here.

Was the discovery of supremacy posters a sign for things to come?

Everybody poops; a universal human reality.

Did you know that democracies that use a proportional system of representation have higher surpluses and lower levels of government debt than First Past the Post governments? How about that Pro Rep democracies have higher voter turnout and elect representatives that better reflect the cultural and gender diversity of their populations?

In a letter Nov 16 , the writer describes a study by the Fraser Institute which showed lower average government spending as a percent of GDP in countries with first past the post systems compared with countries with proportional representation . The specific study was not referenced, making review by others difficult, if not impossible. Furthermore, government spending as a single indicator does not provide a complete picture of overall government effectiveness.

Some people don’t walk their world with precision. How to keep our feet of the ground? When it comes to paying the bills in many cases, we just have to get our hands dirty and stop depending on taxpayers handouts.

Proportional representation means improved local representation