Don’t know what BC-STV might look like? Try it out at: http://trystv.ca/ Frédéric.

Every time there is a by-election, I hear people saying the same thing: “How much is this going to cost?”. I usually respond: “democracy has a price, and that price is less onerous than a “free” dictatorship”. But that being said, is there a way to mitigate the costs related to an election? Right now, Continue reading →

Published in the latest edition of Common Ground: “Under BC-STV, each person gets to rank candidates in order of preference 1, 2, 3, etc. If your favourite candidate is eliminated, your vote is not wasted; it is simply transferred to your second choice, and so on. No need to vote strategically for the “lesser of Continue reading →

The following is an email I’ve sent to friends and contacts earlier today! Title: BC-STV This message is in English only, so no need to look further down! Pas de français??? Non, pas cette fois!!! Hello friends! I am writing about politics. If not interested, you can just delete, I will never know and therefore Continue reading →

My comment to this post: http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/2009/02/bc-ndp-and-electoral-reform-p4.html By this non-response, Carole James want the referendum to fail. She seem to say that if the yes for BC-STV is under 60%, then an other form of Proportional Representation (like MMP) will be proposed to British Columbians. But, by being vague, she makes no commitments toward this. In Continue reading →

A few days ago, I sent an email to the City of Vancouver Engineering Department to advise them that the “pedestrian detector” (not sure how to call it) at an intersection near my workplace was not working.  My hopes that this would be looked at were very slim.  I was, firstly, quite surprised to receive Continue reading →

ICBC and many police departments in the province have started a campaign to increase security at intersections.  You can read more here: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/11/07/7334016-sun.html. I’m wondering at all if we should abolish the right to turn right on a red light. I know it is a very unpopular measure, but I have seen so many times Continue reading →

In 2003, I voted for the Olympics.  Even though most (if not all) Olympics games organized since WWII have been to the benefit of the rich and privileged in any society, I hoped these games would not be too much for the well-being but would also be for the average people.  My hopes were not Continue reading →

Here is my response to this comment: http://billtieleman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poll-shows-strong-opposition-to.html Hi Bill! As always, you have a very interesting article, but this time I have to disagree with your analysis of the poll numbers. As you know, the real debate is not the take land out of the ALR (most people would not) but whether to take Continue reading →

Here is the latest text to be published in TheSource: __________ The Enduring Voices project from the National Geographic Society has recently identified five “global hotspots” where languages are rapidly disappearing. One of these five regions is the Pacific Northwest of North America. Although many reasons explain the endangered status of Native languages, the main Continue reading →