Electoral Reform 2 of 6
The NDP/Green collaboration is trying to sell the claim that changing the electoral process is about improving the electoral system…
….although they have not provided any facts or evidence to support their assertion. Instead, to accomplish this assumed ‘improvement’ they are rushing into changing how we elect politicians and governments with a process mind boggling in its slipshod recklessness.
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Electoral Reform 1 of 6
Caveat Emptor
“Let the buyer beware” is an excellent approach for citizens to take when it comes to an issue of the significance of electoral reform, particularly a change to proportional representation, a system of electing a government with which Canadians have no experience.
Despite the apparently cavalier attitude of the NDP/Green collaboration, election reform is a BIG DEAL.
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From ignoring, or failing to recognize, that the profound ongoing effects of the proposed change to British Columbia’s method of electing governments and politicians makes the decision on the NDP/Green proposal the most significant decision ever made by voters in BC;
Continue reading Fatally Flawed Proportional Representation Proposal
The Hippocratic Oath is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts and is the earliest [5 – 3 century BC] expressions of medical ethics in the Western world. The Oath required new physicians to swear by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards.
That swearing a modified form of the Oath remains a rite of passage for medical graduates in many countries today attests to the importance of the Oath in establishing principles of medical ethics. Several of the original Oath’s ethical standards, including medical confidentiality and non-maleficence, remain important today.
Continue reading Of History, Ethics and Abbotsford Regional Hospital
BC Recent Election Results 1996 to 201
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC Conservative Party | 10,421 | 0.53% | 0 |
| BC Green Party | 332,331 | 16.83% | 3 |
| BC Liberal Party | 797,194 | 40.37% | 43 |
| BC NDP | 795,527 | 40.29% | 41 |
| Christian Heritage Party BC | 3,398 | 0.17% | 0 |
| Libertarian | 7,743 | 0.39% | 0 |
| Independent | 20,971 | 1.06% | 1 |
| Other* | 7,127 | 0.36% | 0 |
* Other
BC Action Party
BC Cascadia Party
BC Citizens First Party
BC First
BC Refed
BC Social Credit Party
Communist Party of BC
Land Air Water-The L.A.W.
Republican Party
The Vancouver Island Party
Your Political Party of BC
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC First | 1,275 | 0.07% | 0 |
| BC Liberal Party | 795,274 | 44.13% | 49 |
| BC NDP | 715,855 | 39.72% | 34 |
| Conservatives | 85,637 | 4.75% | 0 |
| Green Party of BC | 146,685 | 8.15% | 1 |
| Libertarian | 2,050 | 0.11% | 0 |
| Independent | 42,559 | 2.36% | 1 |
| Other affiliations* | 12,814 | 0.71% | 0 |
*Other
Advocational Party
BC Excalibur Party
BC Marijuana Party
BC Social Credit Party
B.C. Vision
British Columbia Party
Christian Heritage Party of B.C.
Communist Party of BC
Helping Hand Party
The Platinum Party
Unparty: The Consensus-Building Party
Work Less Party
Your Party
No Affiliation
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC Liberal Party | 751,661 | 45.82% | 49 |
| BC NDP | 691,564 | 42.15% | 35 |
| Conservatives | 34,451 | 2.10% | 0 |
| Green Party of BC | 134,616 | 8.21% | 0 |
| Independent | 17,253 | 1.05% | 1 |
| Other affiliations* | 10,997 | 0.67% | 0 |
*Other
BC Marijuana Party
BC Refed
BC Reform
Communist Party of BC
Libertarian
N.A.P.
People’s Front
The Sex Party
Western Canada Concept
Work Less Party
YPP-of-BC)
No Affiliation
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC Conservative Party | 9,623 | 0.55% | 0 |
| BC Liberal Party | 807,118 | 45.80% | 46 |
| BC Marijuana Party | 11,519 | 0.65% | 0 |
| Democratic Reform BC | 14,022 | 0.80% | 0 |
| Green Party of BC | 161,842 | 9.17% | 0 |
| NDP of B.C. | 731,719 | 41.52% | 33 |
| Independent | 16,152 | 0.92% | 0 |
| *Other Affiliations | 10,348 | 0.59% | 0 |
*Other
BC Youth Coalition
The Bloc BC
Libertarian
British Columbia Party
B.C. Patriot Party
Social Credit
BC Unity Party
Communist Party of BC
Emerged Democratic Party of B.C.
The Freedom Party
Moderates
People’s Front
The Platinum Party
Reform BC
The Sex Party
Western Canada Concept
Refed BC
Work Less Party
Your Party
No Affiliation)
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC Liberal Party | 916,888 | 57.62% | 77 |
| BC Marijuana Party | 51,206 | 3.22% | 0 |
| Green Party | 197,231 | 12.39% | 0 |
| NDP of B.C. | 343,156 | 21.56% | 2 |
| Unity Party of BC | 51,426 | 3.23% | 0 |
| *Other Affiliations | 31,399 | 1.98% | 0 |
*Other
All Nations Party of British Columbia
B.C. Action Party
British Columbia Citizens Alliance Now
British Columbia Conservative Party
British Columbia Patriot Party
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The Central Party
Citizens Commonwealth Federation
Communist Party of BC
Council of British Columbians
The Freedom Party of British Columbia
Party of Citizens Who Have Decided To Think For
Themselves And Be Their Own Politicians
People’s Front
Reform Party of British Columbia
Western Reform
In de pend ent
No A fil i tion
| Affiliation | Total valid votes | % of popular vote | Candidates elected |
| BC Liberal Party | 661,929 | 41.82% | 33 |
| BC Libertarian Party | 2,041 | 0.13% | |
| BC Social Credit Party | 6,276 | 0.40% | |
| Family Coalition Party of BC | 4,150 | 0.26% | |
| Green Party Political Ass. of BC | 31,511 | 1.99% | |
| Natural Law Party | 2,919 | 0.18% | |
| NDP of BC | 624,395 | 39.45% | 39 |
| Progressive Democratic Alliance | 90,797 | 5.74% | 1 |
| Reform Party of BC | 146,734 | 9.27% | 2 |
| *Other Affiliations | 11,952 | 0.76% |
*Other
Common Sense, Community, Family Party;
Communist Party of British Columbia
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia;
Western Canada Concept Party of B.C;
Independent;
No Affiliation.