Proportional representation as being proposed by the NDP and Greens needs to be abolished once and for all.
The current first-past-the-post system may not be the best, but it far outranks whatever is in second place.
This system has been used by most of democratic countries for the past century or longer. By allowing the corrupt NDP/Green alliance to establish a dictatorship — where only voters in the highly populated Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island will represent us — will destroy our democratic way of life.
Under proportional representation, there will no longer be a need for anyone east of the Coast Mountains to cast a ballot as the more populated southwestern corner of the province will decide who will represent us.
In the May 9 provincial election, only two constituencies east of the Coast Mountains elected an NDP or Green MLA.
As for a proposal by Sabina Singh of Victoria in her letter to the editor (‘Province needs proportional representation’) that we need to form lists such as women, visible minorities, the disabled, First Nations, etc., that would lead to the destruction of a unified country.
Nothing would ever be decided and our economy would grind to a halt.
Darrell Latimer