what’d i miss
What’d I miss?: Electoral Reform in B.C.
Peak Web November 4, 2018By: Michelle Gomez, Staff writer Have you noticed the ballots and pamphlets in your mailbox? B.C.’s upcoming 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform will decide whether we keep our first-past-the-post system (FPTP) or switch to one of three proportional representation (PR) systems. This is following two previous referendums, one in 2005 and one in 2009, neither of which brought any changes. Voting in the referendum could entirely restructure B.C.’s politics, but currently, about one third of British Columbians are undecided about how to vote. Anyone who is a Canadian citizen, is 18 or older, and has been a resident of British…
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What’d I Miss?: The Kinder Morgan Pipeline
Peak Web June 28, 2018By: Simran Randhawa and Gabrielle McLaren 1951 On December 13, after three days of deliberation, the Board of Transportation Commissioners approved the application for a pipeline to be built, connecting Burnaby to Edmonton. It was established because of the discovery…
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