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Newsletter #327th January, 2004 :
Vancouver (Internal)
ASSEMBLY COMPLETES ITS SECOND SESSION
On Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, Assembly
members met for their second session at the Morris J. Wosk Centre
for Dialogue in Vancouver.
Their discussions centred on elections, representation,
parliaments, political parties and the Canadian experience
– discussions which helped lay the groundwork for the
upcoming exploration of various families of electoral systems.
Saturday morning, the Assembly considered the role of elections,
representation and parliaments in the process of democratic
government. Topics included:
Later that afternoon, the Assembly moved to a more in-depth
exploration of political parties and competition between parties.
They wrestled with such questions as:
Sunday morning, the Assembly examined the history of electoral
systems in BC and elsewhere in Canada, including:
They wrapped up the weekend by wrestling with such contentious
questions as:
UNDER DISCUSSION
The Assembly is currently considering and debating:
WEB RESOURCES
All learning materials provided to the Assembly are available
online. Our website traffic counter tells us we’re
getting an average of 168 visitors each day – from as
far away as Japan, Pakistan, Estonia, Qatar and Belize.
NEXT MEETINGS – FEBRUARY 7-8
On February 7-8, the Assembly reconvenes for its third
session of meetings during which they will begin a detailed
study of electoral systems.
First, they will review the five families of electoral systems,
their components and the major differences between them. Then they
will study two systems in-depth: plurality systems and majority
systems.
The following
session (February 21-22), they will focus on the remaining
three major families of electoral systems: proportional
representation, mixed and single transferable vote.
These meetings are open to the public, however, because of space
restrictions, we ask that you pre-register by calling the Assembly
office at 1-866-667-1232 or e-mailing info@citizensassembly.bc.ca.
Meeting times and details are on our homepage.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Maclean’s
magazine featured
the Citizens’ Assembly in its January 26th edition. The
story is also online
here.
CBC TV plans to run a segment on its evening
newscast in the near future.
Shaw TV is also scheduled to run a segment on
the Assembly this week.
Media coverage of the Citizens’ Assembly has been
gratifying. While broadcast coverage is not as easy to track as
press coverage, we know of well over 300 stories in the past five
months – and the real number is likely over 400.
NEW BRUNSWICK CONFERENCE
A conference on Legislative Democracy is being held, February
5-6, at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
Topics of discussion will include:
More information at: www.gnb.ca/0100/conf-e.asp
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