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A Fresh Opportunity to Get Elections Right (The Tyee)


BC has launched a special committee on electoral reform. Twenty years ago, the BC Citizens’ Assembly made a bold recommendation.


Twenty years ago, fresh in the minds of BC voters were several elections that had resulted in controversial or problematic outcomes ...

... it is therefore fitting that on this 20th anniversary of the original referendum on electoral reform in BC we once again have an opportunity, in the broader context of the full-scale assault on core democratic institutions in our neighbour to the south, to renew our own commitment to democratic principles and ideals here at home ...

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