That NDP Leader John Horgan is now apparently prepared to discard his election promise to hold a referendum on electoral reform and move directly to imposing proportional representation is simply appalling. Something as fundamental as the manner in which we elect representatives should be put to the people to endorse or reject. To cook up some scheme in concert with the Greens and then impose it is so utterly undemocratic and authoritarian it should cause serious pause for all British Columbians. This is nothing more than an unprincipled grab for power by the NDP. Quite willing to appease the Green's own highly undemocratic approach to electoral reform. A referendum is simply a basic common right of the people. You will hear all the proportional representation cranks and loons come out vociferously in favour of imposing a new system. Of course that's what they want. But hey, if you want to import an absurd system that Italy uses to global ridicule look no further than Green / NDP.