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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 After allowing for blanks, duplications and those submissions that were later withdrawn by the people who sent them, the real total is 1,603.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

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BERNHART-0472

Prorep [PR] is necessary for democracy in BC. Smaller parties and important issues need to be represented in our political system. It will also make the political system more reflective of the real diversity of people and viewpoints. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Andy Bernhart
Date: May 25, 2004

BERRY-0194

I think the present method is as good as any.  It is simple.  It may be unfair on the rare occasion, but I submit that any other system would be worse, and on more than the 'rare occasion'. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system no change
Author: Dr Alastair Berry
Date: Apr 15, 2004

BERRY-0781

The electoral system which recommends itself most to me is the preferential voting one [AV] used in Australia. It is fairer than our current system and avoids the many problems inherent in a proportional representation system. [1 page]
Category: Electoral system change
Author: Mr Michael Berry
Date: Jul 04, 2004

BESTER-0028

The linked document argues for the creation of a senate for British Columbia [a second chamber for the BC legislature].  The new chamber would represent the diversity of regional interests within the Province. [3 pages]
Category: Link/reference to other resources, Regional representation, Other
Author: Chad Bester
Date: Nov 03, 2003

BESTER-0213

There is growing rift between the urban and the rural communities of BC which would be made worse by proportional representation.  We should have special regional MLA's, and a provision for a regional veto of legislation. [4 pages]
Category: Electoral system change, Regional representation
Author: Chad Bester
Date: Apr 20, 2004

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