Until the the pamphlet I received in my mailbox recently from Yukon's Citizen's Assembly, I was not fully aware of the current Yukon electoral process. The current "First-Past-The-Post" does not appear to me, to be in keeping with a Democracy....

I am writing to express my gratitude to the YCA. I believe it is important to approach life with a view to constant improvement. There is always room for a tweak here and there. Is there a need for big change or small change in our electoral process? I have my opinion...

Cost. BC has 100 times the population but only 18 times more the MPs. Our politicians cost too much and do nothing but create more red tape. The budget and costs should be at the forefront. Other than that... Nothing else should change. First Past the Post is the only...

1) The most important and potentially destructive issue to date is Elections Yukon's plan for the removal of community representation from territorial governance in favor adding more electoral districts to the City of Whitehorse in an unfair numbers game that...

Please stay with the current system ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************  

Fairness and confidence in the electoral process. I am satisfied with first past post. Having seen compromise governments at work I find they do not reflect what most in the electorate would like to see - instead it is party politics at it's worse. **********...

Members of the Yukon Citizens Assembly: It is difficult to overstate the significance of your assignment. You have been given the assignment to dream big dreams about the promise of democracy, a legislature that mirrors the political diversity of Yukon where...

More choice in candidates not connected to a party in the outcome. More chance of either the candidate or the party of choice. Not winner take all partisan politics. More collaboration and much closer to a consensus leadership. ********** File Upload (if any) will...

I like the current voting system First Past the Post. I think it works ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************  

Proportional representation undermines democracy. It is a poison that paralyzes representative democratic governments as legislatures are reduced to amateur hour and a crowd of boutique lobbyist parties. European countries that have adopted PR have little to show for...