Proportional representation would be hard to get rid of
Nobody should rely on a second referendum to fix problems with proportional representation or reverse the decision. There won’t be one.
It’s an established principle that a government can’t bind its successors. What the current B.C. government says about what it “intends” to happen after future elections is meaningless.
Remember Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promising that the 2015 federal election would be the last under first past the post? Then FPTP delivered him a majority and his promise of electoral reform was abandoned.
Does anyone really think that any government delivered by any of the current PR proposals would permit a referendum that would potentially put it out of office?
We are only getting this referendum because the Greens have the NDP over a barrel. Edward Guy, Kelowna
Greens want proportional representation for their jobs
With our NDP provincial government being propped up by three lowly Green MLAs, we actually have the result that would be produced under a proportional representation voting system.
Shame on Green party leader Andrew Weaver and his ilk for pinning their hopes on a loaded ballot system, asking for change likely to enable them to keep their noses in the public trough.
Vote No to any change, as the voting population has already voted twice to keep the first-past-the-post voting system that has served us so well. Tom Moore, Delta
Speeders should be fined
The increased speed limits brought in by the former transportation minister were irresponsible. It does not take studies or surveys to know that the higher a vehicle’s speed, the more damage and injuries will occur if it crashes.
Removing photo-radar cameras was also dumb. Those who argue it was just a cash cow do not understand that having a cash cow is an asset, not a liability.
Collecting money from drivers voluntarily committing a crime by speeding should be a way for government to feed money back into traffic enforcement and the Insurance Corp. of B.C.
The bottom line is that most drivers speed and enforcement of speed limits in B.C. is a joke. Tony Markle, Parksville
We need HOV cameras
Like letter-writer Tom Duncan, I would also love to see an ICBC comparison between serious accidents involving young drivers versus old.
I’m betting that younger people have a far higher percentage of ICBC claims than older people, especially in the serious accident department.
As to high-occupancy lane offenders, what is wrong with putting RCMP members on the overpasses with cameras able to take pictures and issue tickets remotely to those offenders? They can do it at intersections looking for seatbelt and cellphone infractions.
They don’t need to have them there 24 hours a day, but during rush hours it would make a real difference. Jeff Laurie, Langley
Clarkson should be ashamed
I don’t know how former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson has the cheek to wear those medals after successive governments have shortchanged our brave veterans, who are still having to fight for every penny.
How can Clarkson sleep at night, collecting all that money from taxpayers? Old age pension recipients only just had a $5-a-month increase in our pensions — not even enough to buy two coffees. It’s a long way from what she is receiving in her retirement. Don Smith, Vancouver