Provincial Electoral Boundary Reform

WHEREAS British Columbia, with its diverse population clusters and vast regional interests, cannot be adequately represented by a single legislative chamber; AND WHEREAS a proposal for the creation of a bicameral provincial legislature with a lower house representing population and an upper house representing the distinct regions of the province has been submitted by Mr. James Douglas Roy, former Research Officer to the Electoral Boundaries Commission: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the provincial government be petitioned to endorse the findings and recommendations of the James Douglas Roy report to move to a bicameral legislative structure in time for the 2013 provincial elections.