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Re: Referendum intitiatives in BC

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From: John Paul Morrison
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 07:06
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In article <schuck.721291284@sfu.ca> Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
>jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:
>
>>Well, it's been a year or so since the provincial election. I'm sure
>>most people voted, and voted on two questions included on the ballot.
>
>>I can't remember the exact details, but I know they were regarding
>>direct democracy ballot inititiatives. I think it was so we could
>>propose referendum questions.
>
>>Does anyone remember more clearly what the questions were? I know
>>that they both passed easily in the provincial election.
>
>1) Recall -- the right to recall an elected MLA 
>   Gee, I wonder why the NDP have been slow on this one. :)
>
>2) Referendum -- the right to hold referendums.
>   Gee, I wonder why the NDP have been slow on this one. :)
>
>>And why haven't we heard anything about this? I think the legislature
>>has to debate the law. Are the NDP trying to hope we forget, or are things
>>actually in the works?
>
>I saw an ad in the paper a week or two ago calling for submissions.
>A very small ad. :)
>

Well, I didn't see the ad in the Globe & Mail, so obviously they aren't
serious in reaching me :-)

>
>-- 
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>"We've got to get bigger guns" -- Dick Durkin                  schuck@sfu.ca
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Subject: Re: Referendum intitiatives in BC
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