Democracy, the Grassroots, and the BC Liberals

In reviewing several dictionaries, it seems the most common description(s) for the word “Democracy” would include...

1.        government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

2.        a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.

3.        political or social equality; democratic spirit.

4.        the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

So in British Columbia then, democracy would be a government where ultimate power is with the people in that they elect their MLA's – who should then represent each of us in Victoria. It would be a government where each of us have equal rights and privileges ... and where no one person is more important than the other.

My MLA happens to be Kevin Krueger, and he has been elected to represent the voters of Kamloops South Thompson in the legislature in Victoria.  As I understand the definition, he would be there “serving to represent”. Another definition would be that he is “standing for, or representing, others” … “others” being the constituents of Kamloops South Thompson.

Some would say however that the current Liberal government, of which Kevin Krueger is a member, has been anything but representative of the vast majority of people.