Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2016-09-27 21:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ryder Bergerud (As an Individual)",
        "fr": "M. Ryder Bergerud (\u00e0 titre personnel)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4516111\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Thanks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516112\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm interested in an electoral system that does the following:</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516113\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like an electoral system that allows for candidates with diverse views to represent the diversity of Canadians that we have, both through electing a variety of political parties, but also being able to elect a diversity of candidates within political parties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516114\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like an electoral system that provides more incentives for co-operation and collaboration between members and parties in the House. Something else to note is that how we elect our politicians and how we elect our MPs really changes the incentives about how they legislate in Parliament.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516115\" data-originallang=\"en\">Also, I would like an electoral system that creates accountability to voters over parties. I'd like to make a note that there is a risk that if we choose a mixed member proportional system, there's a large difference between a mixed member proportional system that is closed list versus open list. That deserves to be mentioned. They're totally not equal. We want to give MPs responsibility to voters, and if you have a closed list system, then MPs will be more accountable to their parties because voters won't be able to choose among different MPs within a party.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516116\" data-originallang=\"en\">With that, I believe STV gives constituents opportunities to have an MP who they feel represents their view, and also, it's local.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516117\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4516111\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516112\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je serais int\u00e9ress\u00e9 par un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral qui fonctionnerait comme suit:</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516113\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral qui permettrait aux candidats avec des points de vue vari\u00e9s de repr\u00e9senter la diversit\u00e9 qu'on retrouve chez les Canadiens, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 l'\u00e9lection d'une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de partis politiques et \u00e0 la possibilit\u00e9 de choisir des candidats vari\u00e9s au sein des partis politiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516114\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral qui favorise plus la coop\u00e9ration et la collaboration entre les d\u00e9put\u00e9s et les partis en Chambre. Un autre \u00e9l\u00e9ment \u00e0 remarquer est que notre fa\u00e7on d'\u00e9lire nos politiciens et nos d\u00e9put\u00e9s a un effet r\u00e9el sur leurs motivations au moment de l\u00e9gif\u00e9rer au Parlement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516115\" data-originallang=\"en\">Aussi, j'aimerais un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral qui rend les \u00e9lus responsables devant les \u00e9lecteurs plut\u00f4t que leur parti. J'aimerais remarquer qu'il existe un risque si nous choisissons un syst\u00e8me mixte proportionnel, et c'est qu'il y a une grande diff\u00e9rence entre un syst\u00e8me mixte proportionnel avec des listes ferm\u00e9es et des listes ouvertes. Il faut le mentionner. Ils ne sont pas compl\u00e8tement \u00e9quivalents. Nous voulons rendre les d\u00e9put\u00e9s responsables devant les \u00e9lecteurs, et si on a un syst\u00e8me avec des listes ferm\u00e9es, alors les d\u00e9put\u00e9s seront plut\u00f4t responsables devant leur parti parce que les \u00e9lecteurs n'auront pas la possibilit\u00e9 de choisir entre plusieurs d\u00e9put\u00e9s au sein d'un parti. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516116\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cela \u00e9tant dit, je crois que le mode de scrutin \u00e0 vote unique transf\u00e9rable offre aux \u00e9lecteurs l'occasion d'avoir un d\u00e9put\u00e9 qu'ils sentent qui repr\u00e9sente leur point de vue, et aussi sa circonscription.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4516117\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/electoral-reform/42-1/31/ryder-bergerud-1/",
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    "source_id": "9082124",
    "document_url": "/committees/electoral-reform/42-1/31/",
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