by Michael Vernon | Aug 9, 2024 | Submission
I would like to see more collaboration between different parties to address issues of common interest. I would like to see more parties and more interests represented in our legislative assembly, that would be possible with proportional representation. First past the...
by Michael Vernon | Aug 9, 2024 | Submission
Please find attached a letter to the editor submitted to the Yukon News and Yukon Star that appeared last week in both papers. It outlines my hopes for a more representative voting system for the Yukon. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Judy Harwood Dabbs...
by Michael Vernon | Aug 9, 2024 | Submission
We live in a world with more choices in products and services. Even the political parties in Canada offer more choices to their members during their elections for leadership. We should have more choices when we vote for our politicians. We should have the ability to...
by Michael Vernon | Aug 9, 2024 | Submission
Proportional representation gives minority parties and independent candidates a better chance of winning seats which means the legislature would explore the views of all voters, not just the First Past the Post winner. The FPTP system is unrepresentative, as...
by Michael Vernon | Aug 9, 2024 | Submission
I think all votes should count equally. There is currently a very uneven system in place, that being first past the post. In first past the post representatives are regularly elected with a fraction of a majority of voices. The elected representatives then proclaim...