Could the Refederation Party of BC be a home for voters who have always considered themselves to be provincial Liberals ?
Four years of Liberal policies for BC proved too much for many BC voters by 2005, and the sell-off of BC has continued in their second term. The BC electorate had given the Liberals 77 seats in order to reverse NDP extremism, but no one expected the harsh attacks on the sick, the poor, and the old, or the shady sale of public institutions like BC Rail. The Liberals may have had the right idea, but they went about it the wrong way. So what would have been the right way ? How could the necessary changes have been made without extremism as arrogant as the previous NDP government ?
How would a BC Refed government have acted ? A BC Refed government would have proposed legislation to curb the excesses of the NDP. But unlike the NDP or the Liberals, BC Refed’s legislation would not have become law for 100 days. BC Refed’s Direct Democracy Act gives the voters that 100 days to discuss the issues. It gives the voters, as a RIGHT, the power to call a binding referendum on that legislation. Under a BC Refed government, legislation approved by a majority of voters will be implemented, usually without a referendum. Legislation that the voters rejected would be vetoed. No more NDP or Liberal or even Refed extremism would be possible in BC.
Without such a system which allows binding public input when necessary, the voters swing from one party to another, and back again, and angry voters always elect top-down parties who give the voters no say. The election of a BC Refed government would end the polarization. Liberals supporters could attain all their policy objectives if they could persuade a majority of voters that their policies benefitted the people. In the same way, the NDP could achieve their favored policies as long as the citizens could be persuaded to pay the required taxes. One fact is true. The present BC Liberal Party has no intention of allowing the BC voters any say in how this province will develop if they are re-elected. If Liberal supporters are confident that Liberal policy is what the majority of voters want, they could safely vote for a Refed government which would implement the BC Refed direct vote mechanism. Any government that enacted BC Refed’s Direct Democracy Act need never be voted out because all its legislation would receive citizen approval. And without citizen approval, no legislation would become law.
Time for some Liberals to seriously consider BC Refed ?
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