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The British Columbia Provincial Election is May 9, 2017.  

All candidates in Greater Victoria Electoral Districts standing for election to the BC Legislature have been asked for their viewpoints to two questions relating to local government reform:

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1.  During the municipal election in November 2014, the majority electorate in the Capital Region District voted in favour of reducing the number of municipalities in the CRD and/or a study towards that end.  In municipalities within your riding, the majority of voters were in favour of local government reform and rejection of the status quo.  Both the Premier and the Minister responsible promised a fulsome amalgamation study. But since that time there has been scant movement toward that goal, and the current government has stated that the Capital Integrated Services and Governance Initiative (CISGI) information gathering project will not look at amalgamation. There has been a failure of the current government to adequately respond to the will of the electorate.
If elected, what will you do to recognize the democratic will of the people of Greater Victoria?

​2.  
The CRD is beset by controversy around its decision-making processes. The CRD Board is comprised of members appointed from the 13 municipalities who are not directly elected to represent regional interests. Rather, they are appointed to represent their municipality's interests and this results in costly failures to reach rational and prudent decisions on such matters as secondary sewage treatment, regional transportation, regional growth, public safety and other issues.
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If elected, what reforms or changes, if any, will you make to address pressing regional issues?


Candidates are listed below in alphabetic order within each riding, and their responses  will be posted as they are received.    Bookmark this page and check back regularly.

How will candidates in your riding respect your democratic wish for reform? They want to hear your views!
Click on the riding name for a map of the Electoral District.  Click on the candidate name for email.

New Democratic Party (all candidates) response


Esquimalt-Metchosin
Dean, Mitzi (NDP)   See response above
Desjardins, Barbara (Liberal)  no response 
MacKinnon, Andy (Green)     Read Andy MacKinnon's response


Langford-Juan de Fuca
Horgan, John (NDP)   See response above
Noel, Cathy (Liberal)      no response

Ralfs, Brendan (Green)  no response


Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Casavant, Bryce, (NDP)  See response above
Dutton, Alex (Liberal)         no response
Weaver, Andrew (Green)   no response


Saanich North & the Islands
Holman, Gary (NDP) See response above
Olsen, Adam (Green) Read Adam Olsen's response 
Roberts, Stephen (Liberal)   no response


Saanich South
Calder, Dave (Liberal)   Read Dave Calder's response
Neufeld, Mark, (Green)     no response
Popham, Lana (NDP)     See response above


Victoria-Beacon Hill
Bill, Karen (Liberal)   no response
Harris, Kalen (Green)   Read Kalen Harris's response
James, Carole (NDP)   Read  Carole James's response


Victoria-Swan Lake
Fleming, Rob (NDP) see response above
Maxwell, Chris (Green)  no response

Piercey, Stacey (Liberal)  no response
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