Reform Party of BC - News 2004



News - 2004

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Saturday January 15th, 2005, White Rock, BC

	AGM Letter, Party President - November 15, 2004
	AGM 2005 Registration Form

November 15, 2004

Reform Asks For New Thinking On BC Ferries

By promising to return the ferries to their original state, the NDP Leader Carole James is obviously looking at turning everything back to the way it was when they were government, regardless of cost. Simply shredding contracts was not right when the Liberals did it, and it won't be right if the NDP does it... (more)

September 11, 2004

Reform Speaks Against By-election in Surrey Panorama

At a Reform BC board meeting held in North Vancouver on Saturday September 4, 2004, the directors asked President Shirley Abraham to announce that Reform BC is opposed to a possible by-election in the Surrey Panorama constituency... (more)

September 6, 2004

Comment on "Another Party" article by Sean Holman,
Public Eye magazine, August 22, 2004

Sean Holman: RE: your editorial Aug. 22 "Another Party":
There is much truth in what you write here, but there is also some reality that is absent, and it is a reality that will not be ignored. Within the fickle politics of BC, it is not so much what the next party has to offer, but what 'baggage' that the voters and the political participants will not forgive, forget or ignore... (more)

August 29, 2004

Reform BC Calls For An Effective Senate

Shirley Abraham, President of Reform BC, asks the voters of British Columbia to call for a moratorium on appointing senators until a senate review has been completed. BC senator Ed Lawson will be retiring from his long-held post in the Senate within the next month and Abraham proposes that he not be replaced. Reform BC has long worked for an Elected Senate with an Equal representation from each province and territory. Prime Minister Paul Martin has shown that he is open to change and Auditor General Sheila Fraser is highly capable of tracking waste in government. Abraham asks, “Is this the time to review the Senate?.. (more)

August 16, 2004

Should Svend be Excused?

Shirley Abraham, President of Reform BC, asks, “How has justice been served by excusing Svend Robinson’s behaviour? Was it his high profile that saved him?” Abraham says that our friends to the south didn’t excuse Martha Stewart – she is going to jail. Neither did the British excuse author Jeffrey Archer – he went to jail. Both Stewart and Archer have made significant contributions to society and lived within the law for decades... (more)

August 7, 2004

Better to Build New BC Ferries Here!

The intended purchase of a half a billion dollars worth of ferries outside of Canada, should open the eyes of everybody to the reality of the way that this provincial government thinks... (more)

July 27, 2004

Reform BC Fully Endorses Statement by Prince George Committee to Save BC Rail

Reform BC endorses the folowing press release of the Prince George Committee to Save BC Rail in its entirety. These principles are part of the Reform Party platform and foundation and the very spirit of the party itself. A Reform Party government would do exactly as these suggestions state, given the existing circumstances... (more)

July 15, 2004

BC Rail and ICBC

As expected, the Federal Government’s competition bureau rubber stamped a sale where one railroad bought the only other railroad competition, in the vast and resource rich area of British Columbia's North. One would wonder why the BC Liberal government insisted on creating this monopoly when the CPR, as claimed, offered "a couple of hundred million more" for this railroad than the accepted CN bid, and wouldn’t have created a monopoly, but would have kept a healthy competition with in the free enterprise system. One would also wonder why the "federal competition board exists" with decisions such as this... (more)

July 4, 2004

Shirley Abraham named new President of
the Reform Party of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC: A businesswoman and realtor from Surrey was named the new President of Reform BC last Saturday in Kamloops when long time President and Founder, Ron Gamble stepped down. She is the third woman to hold that office... (more)

June 14, 2004

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