Important Dates

Selection: October 14 – December 22, 2003. In all, 28 selection meetings were held across British Columbia, including a final two in the Assembly offices.

Learning Phase: January – March 2004. Six weekend meetings were held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver. Meetings were open to the public.

Preliminary Statement: On March 21, 2004, the Assembly members issued a "Preliminary Statement to the People of British Columbia".

Public Hearings: May – June 2004.  Public Hearings (50 in all) were held throughout the province. There were 4-20 members at each hearing to listen to public views.  Following the public hearings, a special meeting of the Assembly in Prince George, June 26-27, allowed members to review and discuss what they heard in the public hearings.

Summer Break: July – August 2004. During this time, members had "homework" reading, submissions to study, and were in contact with one another.

Submission date: Written submissions received by Friday August 13, 2004, will be indexed, posted and made available to members before their deliberation phase begins in September. Submissions received after this date will still be processed, but there is no guarantee they will be available to members before their deliberation phase.

Plenary Presentation: September 11, 2004. The Assembly heard presentations that were deemed to be of particular merit, in a plenary session. For more information click here.

Deliberation and Decision Phase: September – November 2004. Six weekend meetings were held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver.

Report of recommendation: The Assembly's final report was delivered to the people of B.C. and the government on 10 December 2004.

Citizens’ Assembly and office disband: December 15-31, 2004

Referendum: Now that the Assembly has recommended a new electoral system, it will be the subject of a referendum in the next provincial election on May 17, 2005