tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post6969236621746536673..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Tieleman debates Single Transferable Vote on CKNW AM 980Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-66048928954040334952009-01-19T12:58:00.000-08:002009-01-19T12:58:00.000-08:00Those who favor the STV have ignored how each part...Those who favor the STV have ignored how each party's candidates will be selected. It appears that the STV means party officials or the party leader will determine a hierarchy of candidates to represent an area. This would mean more "top down" politics by political parties and less "grass roots" democracy. For real democratic reform we should enable greater scope for "citizens initiatives".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-88863276979051355192009-01-13T21:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:27:00.000-08:00On the contrary I thought Hallsor was all over the...On the contrary I thought Hallsor was all over the map and made little sense, if at all.<BR/><BR/>Only fringe fools support STV, or those with abslutely vested interests in extreme politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-71037048950034493842009-01-13T07:26:00.000-08:002009-01-13T07:26:00.000-08:00Only people with a vested interest in keeping powe...Only people with a vested interest in keeping power with political parties, not citizens, could be against STV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-62918675813857568352009-01-11T18:55:00.000-08:002009-01-11T18:55:00.000-08:00I listened to the debate, but I think your argumen...I listened to the debate, but I think your arguments are weak and contrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-79337976089179468262009-01-11T17:05:00.000-08:002009-01-11T17:05:00.000-08:00Sorry Bill, I think without STV or any other fair ...Sorry Bill, I think without STV or any other fair voting, Canada and BC will wither away with current corrupt politic ans and politics.<BR/><BR/>The present system is no better than the 'show elections' of the old USSR.<BR/><BR/>BC and Canada are nothing more than oligarchic dictatorships, a benign dictatorship, where democratic rights wither from an onslaught of political/bureaucratic malevolence.<BR/><BR/>We must embrace political change or suffer, I'm afraid, the end of Canada in a few generations.<BR/><BR/>Canada is not a democratic country, but a country run by a cadre of elites, no better than the inbred monarchies of not so long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com