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SUBMISSIONS FROM THE PUBLIC

Members of the public sent to the Assembly a total of 1,603 public submissions during the 13 months ended 27 September 2004. And you can access them all lower down on this page.

Incidentally, the numbers on the submissions appear to show that there are 1,669 of them. After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603. Unfortunately, we cannot renumber the submissions to reflect that.

If a posted submission is dated after 27 September, that date refers to the date the submission was processed and posted to the website, not the date it was received. 

To help you navigate through the 1,603 submissions received from the public, here are:
  1. An introduction to the submissions, available as a Word document (40KB) or as a PDF document (110KB).
  2. A link to the View Submissions page, where you can read and/or search 1,603 submissions
  3. A complete list of the submissions and their abstracts, available as an Excel spreadsheet (472KB) or as a PDF (348KB)
  4. A guide to the longer submissions (i.e., 80 submissions that run four or more pages in length). This guide is available as a Word document (36KB) or as a PDF file (96KB).
  5. A list of the 80 longer submissions, indexed by electoral system and including abstracts. This list is available as an Excel spreadsheet (40KB) or as a PDF item (90KB).

Submission List

To read a submission in full, click on the submitter's name/number
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BELAK-0947

I believe that a system like New Zealand's [MMP] would benefit the North and remote areas of the province but the fear of losing any headway we have made is making it difficult for leaders to embrace the idea of change. [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system change, Regional representation
Author: Marilyn Belak, City Councillor,  Dawson Creek
Date: Aug 05, 2004

BELANGER-0531

I fully support the MMP electoral system as used currently in New Zealand. Our current electoral system simply does not reflect a true proportional account of voter's across Canada. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Ray Belanger
Date: Jun 01, 2004

BELIVEAU-0022

Voters should have the choice of 'none of the above' printed on ballots at election time.  This would increase the accountability of politicians to the public. [2 pages]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Wes Beliveau
Date: Dec 02, 2003

BELL-0385

It is critical to the future of this province that our electoral system be reformed so that the number & political persuasion of elected officials more closely mirrors that of BC voters.  The Assembly should study the suitability of MMP. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Louise Bell
Date: May 13, 2004

BELL AND MASON-0682

We support the MMP electoral system, as practised in New Zealand and Germany. This is the most democratic and fairest representation available of all the systems currently at use in the world's democracies. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Kevin Bell and Patricia Mason
Date: Jun 17, 2004

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