It will strengthen democracy in our province, and ensure that referendum results reflect the true views of our citizens
BC Conservatives took steps at their recent Annual General Meeting towards showing British Columbians they are serious about democratic reform and accountable government. Step number one (the most important at least in my opinion) was to declare that: … no political party, candidate, or third-party advertiser shall receive funding, or other types of financial or material support, for their election campaign from a foreign entity The second was, in my opinion, somewhat ambiguous, however it does take steps towards what is needed: … the BC Conservative Party supports reforming the Recall and Initiative Act to lower the threshold for British Columbians to propose legislative changes Real reform of the BC Legislature has been a topic for several decades now, and always it seems, just baby steps are taken. Meantime three provinces over, Manitoba’s government of Brian Pallister introduced new legislation that would establish rules for conducting...