Journalists are against PR

Dear editor: I’ve yet to read or hear a Canadian journalist come out and defend proportional representation. As a voting taxpayer, I’m looking forward to the possibility of proportional representation. Too long we have been ignored by elected officials after electing a government.

With the concentration of ownership of the media, have the journalists lost their neutrality? Would more parties in government make the media hire more people with different opinions? Many people that I know have cancelled their newspapers. The main reason they say is lack of information and some have gone so far to calling the newspaper nothing more than a rag.

I keep my newspaper subscription. I read and enjoy the editorial columns regularly. Good journalism reports on both sides of an issue. British Columbians have an opportunity to vote for change the way we elect our governments, in upcoming referendum. This may show Canada that there may be a better system than first past the post (FPP).

Governments shouldn’t be able to rule with a majority with only 39 per cent of popular vote. Over the years we have seen scandal after scandal under FPP system. That seems normal with FPP. The main reason we have Medicare is because we had a minority government at the time it was enacted.

It’s not perfect but better than what they have below the 49th.

Stan New Prince George