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		<title>HST Opposition Undermined By Its Leaders In Public Forums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Vander Zalm deserves some respect. He’s a political entrepreneur of enviable skill. With nothing but a great big grin and an inflated sense of outrage, he mobilized hundreds of volunteers across B.C. to collect an incredible 700,000 signatures against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/05/hst-opposition-undermined-by-its-leaders-in-public-forums/</link>
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		<title>BC’s Independent MLAs Demand Premier Clark Investigate Use of Hydraulic Fracturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British Columbia’s two Independent MLAs are calling on Premier Clark to publicly investigate the development of the province’s unconventional gas basins and the use of hydraulic fracturing to access this resource.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/05/bc%e2%80%99s-independent-mlas-call-on-premier-to-investigate-use-of-hydraulic-fracturing/</link>
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		<title>EVENT: National Day of Action for Electoral Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On one of my favourite photoblogs Elastic Novice, I came across this image by Meggan Gould. From her &#8220;Blackboards&#8221; series, it included the following passage: &#8220;Layers of communication and time build up, accumulate, and are systematically obliterated.&#8221;
I thought it an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/05/event-national-day-of-action-for-electoral-reform/</link>
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		<title>Bob Simpson: Electoral Reform: An Unfinished Conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent federal election has once again reignited debate about the need to reform our voting system and a “National Day of Action for Electoral Reform” has been called for May 14.
The current first past the post (FPTP) system creates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/05/bob-simpson-electoral-reform-an-unfinished-conversation/</link>
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		<title>Humbled Liberals Could Lead on Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final week of the 41st general election found me in Toronto, volunteering on the re-election campaign of my former employer, the Honourable Ken Dryden, in his York Centre constituency. Like so many intelligent, honest, and hardworking Liberal MPs, Ken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/05/humbled-liberals-could-lead-on-policy/</link>
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		<title>Voting In The 2011 Federal Election: A How-To Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2nd is right around the corner, which means if you are a Canadian citizen and are over the age of 18, you still have time to make up your mind and vote in our Federal Election!
Maybe you haven&#8217;t voted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/04/voting-in-the-2011-federal-election-a-how-to-guide/</link>
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		<title>EVENT: Panel Discussion on the Future of Electoral Reform in British Columbia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VICTORIA, BC — Democratic reform is still alive in BC!  On Saturday, April 30th, the Greater Victoria chapter of Fair Vote Canada and the University of Victoria’s history department will be hosting a panel discussion on the future of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/04/event-panel-discussion-on-the-future-of-electoral-reform-in-british-columbia/</link>
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		<title>On Partisanship and Democracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal elections are a difficult time for Canada&#8217;s political leaders to set priorities. Not all issues can be addressed, some policies will remain the same, and others will be changed for the benefit of some and the detriment of others. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/04/on-partisanship-and-democracy/</link>
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		<title>BC Vote: Politics For The Rest Of Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BC Vote Managing Editor Stephen Irving poses with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, November 2002. 
What does it mean to be non-partisan in 2011? 
This question has been on my mind a lot lately. Having been recently invited to redevelop BC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/04/bc-vote-politics-for-the-rest-of-us/</link>
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		<title>Bob Simpson MLA: Where’s Our Money?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended the town hall on the status of Quesnel’s multi-centre project this week and listened to MP Dick Harris make a comment that got my Scottish dander up.
Both Mr. Harris and I were asked to respond to a question [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcvote.ca/2011/04/bob-simpson-mla-where%e2%80%99s-our-money/</link>
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