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, February 9, 2017 | 6 Careful consideration needed on federal electoral reform wwiw.insidehaiton.com | MILTON CANADIAN CHAMPION | Thursday | Bird of a different feather The caption describing the photo featured on the front page of last week‘s issue of the Champion contained inaccurate information. The bird snapped snacking from a Hilton Falls Conservation Area parkâ€"goer is a redâ€"breasted nuthatch. The Champion regrets the error. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has broken | his campaign pledge to reform the counâ€" try‘s electoral system before the next fedâ€" | eral election. For this, he must take his poâ€" | litical lumps â€" he‘s earned ‘em. However, in this particular case, it was a wise decision to go back on a commitment that should never have been made in the first place â€" and certainly not so emphatiâ€" cally. Electoral reform is badly needed at our variâ€" ous levels of government. The firstâ€"pastâ€" theâ€"post (FPTP) system is lacking. Parties can be wildly underâ€" or overâ€"repreâ€" sented in the House of Commons, based on voter support breakdowns, or even absent all together. When the results are tallied, many votes simply don‘t matter. That said, we should not rush into picking a replacement for FPTP federally. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered when party politics and strategic voting come into play, and voters pay more attenâ€" tion to party leaders than the candidates | on the ballot in their riding. And there are numerous options available for reform â€" from ranked ballots to various versions of proportional representation. We must choose carefully. Our collective fuâ€" tures depend on it. Efforts to evolve our electoral system must continue in the name of democracy â€" not just federally, but provincially and municiâ€" pally as well. Cambridge Times 6 4 # 66 % b 6k 4 5 4 ns MILTON TIME CAPSULES Local teen dies from injuries suffered in sledding accident Time Capsules are gems of information extracted | from past issues of the Champion and other pubâ€" lications in order to provide a window into Milâ€" ton‘s past. February 1922 Last Thursday at Lowvillie, Kenneth, aged 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Coulson, was coasting down the long hill on the south side ofthecreek.Whenhalfwaydownandgoing fast, another boy, drawing a sleigh, tried to cross in front of him. Coulson‘s sled struck the other one and he was hurled some distance. He walked home and did not seem badly hurt until the next morning when his condition beâ€" came alarming. He was taken to St. Joseph‘s Hospital, Hamilton, where he died on Saturday, | from internal injuries. Oakville 6, Milton 5. So rough was the Halton County League hockey game in Oakville that the police were called on more than once. Dave Brush, one of Milton‘s defence players, & 6 3 M | i | was knocked unconscious and did not recover for half an hour. in the middle of the second period Manager Tray Lott, of Milton, ordered his team off the ice, but consented to continue if the referee was changed. Referee Wallace, | of Sudbury, immediately offered to abdicate in favor of Tizard. As is well known generally the Milton boys are a light lot, depend on the speed for which they are noted and avoid the "rough stuff." According to Milton‘s manager and others who saw Saturday evening‘s game, the lakesiders are the opposite â€" big and slow, not in it with real hockey players from whom they can win only by knocking them out. it is announced that the rate of wages on counâ€" | ty and provincial roads this season is to be 20¢ an hour for men and 40¢ an hour for teams. This material is assembled on behalf of the Milâ€" ton Historical Society by Jim Dills, who can be reached through the society at (905) 875â€"4156. | insidehaiton.com : 555 Industrial Drive, Milton, Ont. L9T 5E1 905â€"878â€"2341 Advertising Fax: 905â€"876â€"2364 Classified: 905â€"875â€"3300 Circulation: 905â€"878â€"5947 www.miltoncanadianchampion.com V.P â€" Group Publisher Neoll Oliver Regional General Manager Kelly Montague Director of Advertising Managing Editor Catherine O‘Hara Production Manager Circulation Director Charlene Hall Office Manager Lorl Ann Gvozdanovic wc.mamm Mh.% Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space | occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable | [ allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The | publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or | @CCAB ccasB Audited [OPC] Press Councit Recognized for excelilence by Am Ontario Community Newspapers Association Canadian Community @A Newspapers Association Suburban of America The Canadian Champion is a proud media sponsor for: ~AD _ Halton Mealthcare MILTONM “fil‘ ome SANTA cum ‘ A()(N um CANADA Day .Ymczs &4 .2 Y\-I‘m(h-_(hn-nhnwth-u1 ._: | Of -m | â€"