Fair Vote Canada challenges political leaders...

Fair Vote Canada sends open letters to Harper and opposition leaders: it's time to fix the problem

Here's an excerpt to the PM.

Dear Prime Minister Harper:

Your party represents fewer than 40 per cent of Canadian voters. You can’t square that minority support, and the unilateral shutdown of Parliament, with any reasonable concept of legitimate and representative democratic government.

I do not accuse you of violating democracy itself only because the Canadian political system as it stands is intrinsically undemocratic. If you are leading a party of democrats, then surely it is time for you to abandon the shamocracy and make the House of Commons democratic.

The fix is not difficult. Amend the Canada Elections Act to guarantee every adult Canadian man and woman equal representation of their own choice in the House of Commons. Then establish a swift process to produce the necessary electoral reform. That would make Canada, at last, a democracy -- and you for the first time the Prime Minister of a democratic state.

And excerpt of the opposition leaders letter.

Democrats, whether in government or opposition, should do everything in their power to bring an end to this gross misrepresentation of the people of Canada.

If the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper uses the prorogation to develop a plan for swift electoral reform, we trust you will cooperate.

In case that is not his intention, your parties, which together represent a substantial majority of Canadian voters, should use the prorogation to re-examine your various agendas and devise a shared action plan for democratic reform.

* Together you should draft legislation to provide Canadians with a democratic voting system and democratic financing of political parties.