Editor: Re: Fix is in on change in voting system, by Keith Baldrey, Burnaby NOW, May 9.
Mr. Baldrey seems to be stating that the B.C. NDP is trying to rig the referendum so they will be voted in under a new proportional representation electoral system. This seems in stark contrast to his opinion published Nov. 27.
In that article he spelled out how the NDP would never get elected under a PR system.
It’s clear Mr. Baldrey is dead set against PR. By his conflicted arguments either the NDP is stupid for trying to adopt an electoral system that will never get them elected to power, or they are plotting to stack the deck so that under a new system they will always have the balance of power. What are you so afraid of, Mr. Baldrey?
Wouldn’t it be better to have a government that is truly representative of the voters, even if that means our elected officials have to learn how to work together and find compromises? We saw after 16 years of one party in power what happens when there is no dissenting voice to provide the checks and balances necessary for a functioning democracy.
David Soothill, Burnaby
