No side uses fearmongering in bid to sway voters

Dear Editor: Lack of information opens the doors for misinformation, and allowing blatant lies to dominate the referendum on an issue that determines who controls our MLAs is disturbing and completely unacceptable.

Claims that MLAs elected using a proportional voting system will all be relocated to Vancouver instead of working out of their constituency offices is simply not true.

Telling us that politicians arbitrarily will change the constituency and electoral district boundaries to suit their fancy is equally false, as that will continue to be done by Elections BC.

Statements that proportional MLAs are not elected, but appointed by party brass and leaders who also arbitrarily decide what district and regions they must represent is about as unrealistic as insisting all MLAs will be working out of Vancouver.

The facts are that regardless of what electoral system we use to elect our MLAs, they will continue to live and serve their constituents in the electoral districts and regions where they were elected, except of course, when they are in Victoria while the Legislature is in session.

The No side’s claims that our MLAs listen to and get directions from the people are also not true.

Q: When were we consulted on the LNG, pipelines, and the Site C dam? A: Never. Those wild and irresponsible claims are nothing but fear-mongering, insinuating voters are naive and gullible, and nothing short of being an incredible insult to all BC voters.

I am voting yes to change our electoral system. Andy Thomsen, Kelowna