Yearly Archives: 2009
The Colonist and the 1952 ‘transferable vote’
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 9 April 2009 Re: “Voting systems aren’t the same,” letters, April 7. I appreciate the interest generated by my op-ed on B.C.’s experience with electoral reform in the 1950s, which was intended to draw attention to this history. Though technically an alternative vote system, the … Continue reading
WFP land sales haven’t helped mills
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 5 October 2009 A recent article suggests that Western Forest Products wants to sell 2,500 hectares of undeveloped land on southwestern Vancouver Island “to finance mill modernization.” I do not believe this. WFP is as much a land development company as a forestry company. It … Continue reading »