[LabComm] James presents to Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform

[BC NDP NEWSWIRE]

NDP Leader outlines Party's support for Made-In-BC electoral system.

Kamloops -- British Columbia needs to adopt a made-in-BC electoral system
that better reflects our province's diversity and opens the doors to
participation in the political process, NDP Leader Carole James said today.

James presented the BC NDP's position on electoral reform to the Citizen's
Assembly on Electoral Reform in Kamloops today.

She reiterated the BC NDP's support for the Assembly's work and stressed
that political parties should take a back seat to citizens in the
development of a proposal for reform.  

The elements of the BC NDP's position on electoral reform adopted at its
2003 convention include the adoption of an electoral system that provides
greater proportionality in the allocation of seats while ensuring
significant local representation, in particular representation for rural and
remote regions.

"We recognize that the Citizens' Assembly faces a formidable challenge in
attempting to design an electoral system that will meet the needs of British
Columbians," James told the Assembly.  "We need a made-in-BC solution to the
ills that beset our current voting system.  In our view, proportionality and
local representation must be the key ingredients of a new electoral system
for British Columbia."

Follow this link to read Carole James' presentation to the Assembly.
http://nid-723.newsdetail.bc.ndp.ca/

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