And when did you stop beating your wife?

That’s a biased, manipulative trick question that’s impossible for most people to answer truthfully. Exactly like the planned electoral reform question to be put to Yukoners: “Should the way the Members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly are elected be changed from the current system of First Past the Post to a different system of ranked ballot? Yes? No?“ (Yukon News Aug.13)

If I answer no, I indicate I don’t want electoral reform. Not true! I believe it is desperately needed.

If I answer yes, I indicate that I want ranked ballot. Not true! I want simple, fair, proportional representation.

If I don’t answer, I indicate that I don’t care or don’t know. Not true!

To be unbiased, the plebiscite question would offer at least three common options for

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