GP Radio: Aug 21 — Not again!
Hi all:
I have found that the bulk of my time has been dedicated to doing interviews that people have rescheduled over the summer. As a result, I have a lot of fantastic content, but not enough time to get it edited properly.
To give you a taste, however, I talked with Elizbeth Thompson, the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute about a new contest. They will be awarding $100,000 to the person with the best invention that will save us from human-made global problems. It’s an awesome interview!
Also, I talked with Tim Antoniuk, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Alberta regarding morphable polymers and how we need to rethink the concept of sustainability.
On the lighter side, I chat with two facebook group creators who are trying to get Mixed Member Proportional Representation passed in Ontario: Adorable Kittens for MMP (meow meow purrrrr) and Adorable puppies for Electoral Reform. If cats and dogs can work together, then all parties should be able to work to make this new voting system a reality!
Thanks for bearing with me on the backlog and look for some new changes in September!
Mark MacGillivray, GP Radio
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Hi Mark
One of the great things about working on the “Vote for MMP” campaign is the multi-partisan side. There are people from all parties - and none - working together on a common project they all see as for the good of Ontario. Ater we win the referendum, hopefully some of these people will carry this positive and constructive approach forward into the legislature should any of them decide to stand for elected office.
Queens park needs people from all parties who know how to work TOGETHER.
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Hiya Steve:
Just so you know, I will be interviewing opponents to MMP as well. Joe Angolano is the founder of the www.notommp.ca site and has done a fair bit of study regarding electoral systems.
I think that it is important for us to listen to people’s concerns regarding the upcoming vote. MMP will not be a panacea for all the problems facing our democracy and it is important for us to understand the bad as well as the good, especially if Ontarians decide to vote ‘Yes.’
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Mark;
I’ve never heard anybody claim that proportional representation is a panacea. It will only solve one of our problems — the problem that we do not have a fair voting system.
But when we have a mechanism for holding political parties accountable, when every voice is heard, when every stakeholder has a place at the table where the decisions are being made, when every idea is given a fair hearing, then we will have better tools for solving all our problems.
By the way, count your fingers after shaking hands with Joe Angolano. A great deal of what he says will not stand up to scrutiny.
I strongly suggest you carefully study the reports of the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform on their website at www.citizensassembly.gov.on.ca. It’s all very readable. Find out what is really being proposed, by whom, and why.