Submissions are now closed
Between May 25 and August 12, we received 44 public submissions providing information and opinion about electoral systems and electoral reform in the Yukon. You can read every submission below.
All submissions to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform in 2021-2023 have been made available to assembly members.
What we heard
Submissions in Full
David Whiteside
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...
Tanya Handley
I want to see an electoral system that is capable of representing as much as possible the diverse interests of Yukon citizens so that the representatives can work together to govern our territory in a way that benefits all of us. I value consensus-building and...
South Klondike Local Advisory Council
August 1 letter from the South Klondike Local Advisory Council to YCAER Chair. Shared with permission. ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************...
Town of Faro Mayor Jack Bowers
July 31 letter from the Town of Faro Mayor Jack Bowers to YCAER Chair. Shared with permission. ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************...
Jennifer B
By changing the boundaries, 2 rural MLAs will be lost. This with reduce the representation to the already struggling communities. This will reduce services to the communities. Most of the residents in the communities are FN. Reducing FN representation in the Yukon...
Sue Greetham
Any system selected by the CA except FPTP ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************
Christine Doerr
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....
Vince Slotte
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...
Nicolas Thivierge
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...
Chris Caldwell
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...