NDP, Greens try to rig future elections

It appears the questionnaire we were asked to return by Feb. 28 has failed to produce the result that the NDP/Green coalition government had anticipated. Last week, I received an automated telephone call inviting me once more to express my preference of future voting systems in B.C. by pressing 1 for “first past the post,” 2 for proportional representation or 3 for “don’t know or undecided.”

I pressed 1 and repeatedly did so in the hope that it continued to record my absolute contempt for what is obviously a blatant attempt to rig future provincial elections in favour of a Green-tinged NDP government.

We have to realize that all over the world, democracy is under attack, often in insidious ways. Proportionally representative governments elsewhere have shown themselves to be remarkably ineffective and with the many diverse interests that would demand a voice. In a multirepresentative B.C. legislature, the Tower of Babel would seem like the smoking room of a London club.

Perhaps if it can be demonstrated to the courts that this expensive caper was concocted to gain electoral advantage at the next provincial opportunity, the substantial costs of this extravaganza will have to be set against those for both the parties involved and their candidates at the next election or byelection. Ralph Smith Victoria