DATE: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
TIME: 11:30 - 12:30pm
TITLE: The B.C. Referendum on Proportional Representation
VENUE: Halpern Centre, Rm 114 (SFU Burnaby Campus)
SPEAKER: Dave Huntley
ABSTRACT: Elections are about choosing representatives. What is the best way to do this?
The system we have used both for provincial and federal elections (with occasional exceptions) was inherited from Britain. The only countries that use it are remnants of the British Empire.There are other systems. Do they result in better societies? and what does better mean? That is what the referendum is about.
ABOUT:
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, SFU.
He has been studying electoral systems since the formation in 2004 of the B.C. Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform.