Canadian Democracy - It's The System That's Flawed, Stupid!!!

I submitted the following letter to the three local Nanaimo newspapers and, so far, none of them has chosen to run it (near the mid-point of the federal election campaign):
[UPDATE 08 09 29] While the Nanaimo Daily News [Canwest/Global] has not seen fit to publish my letter (edited or no), the Nanaimo Bulletin [Black newspapers] and the Harbour City Star [Canwest/Global] have now done so, with the former removing half of the first paragraph and the latter deleting more than half of the entire letter.

Dear Editor,
I know frequent contributor Jim Corder and I like him but I feel that there is a fundamental flaw in his 'Letters to the Editor', which invariably end up trashing the Federal Liberals while praising Stephen Harper and the 'New' Conservatives (in that respect, he falls right in there with the likes of Gerald R. Hall and Steele Gorosh). Having developed (out of necessity to try to protect what we have) more than a passing interest in politics as it is practised in North America, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that it is the system which is flawed.
No matter which ideology one subscribes to (I myself think that blind ideology is a big part of the problem), those who practise it as politicians are all cut from the same cloth and attended the same 'school of obfuscation' in order to achieve their ends. For example, they make promises, routinely break them and then use 'weasel words' to try and justify their actions. A recent example - we are now spending over $300 million to have an election which the Conservatives own 'fixed election dates' legislation says shouldn't be happening for another 13 months for a vote that Harper admits will likely result in another minority government, just like we have now! Therefore, Mr. Harper will not be the saviour of Canada, any more than Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, or Paul Martin were before him. In order to truly make changes in how 'democratic' our system is, we ALL need to demand ethical, accountable governments along with an unbiased media and then fully participate in our own governance.
Canada is only 14th on the transparency.org list of least corrupt countries and 18th on the Reporters Without Borders Freedom of the Press Index. Canadians are now dying in Afghanistan in an effort to bring them 'democracy' (don't they have a surprise coming?!), yet we can't be bothered to 'get off the couch' to send an email to our MLA/MP or to attend a local Council meeting or a Public Hearing every once in awhile. True democracy demands nurturing!