I immigrated to sa国际传媒 from Germany two years ago and have started a family here.
The mixed-member-proportional representation system has worked well in Germany for decades on all levels (from city district council to the federal parliament). The two other PR systems on the ballot, in my view, are also much better than the first-past-the-post system.
I imagine FPTP made sense 150 years ago, when people in remote towns chose one among themselves to go on a trek far, far away to represent them in parliament.
But the reality today is that party affiliation is more important for legislators than their district. One can like this or not, but in this context, FPTP has become an unfair method of turning a minority voting base into a majority government.
The No campaign, claiming that PR is 鈥渃omplicated,鈥� seems to imply that the people of sa国际传媒 are dumber than people in Germany, New Zealand, Ireland and many other countries where proportional representation works well.
I do not think that it would be too complicated for British Columbians. I think we are smart enough to be allowed a fair vote.
Torsten Schoeneberg
Victoria
