Dear Carole,
As this campaign enters the home stretch I am asking you as Leader, and I am asking the NDP Provincial Council Executive to do something extraordinary: to meet with Ms. J. Sterk with the goal of not leaving the room until an electoral accord is agreed upon. I am asking you and Ms. Sterk to put aside the best interests of your respective political parties and do something extraordinary for the betterment of British Columbia. I believe you both have the ability to do that, to make a reasonable and fair electoral accomodation - it only requires willingness on your part and that of the party.
An accomodation so that the people of BC, our environment, our wild salmon, our public power system, our public rivers, those living below or at the poverty line can all come out winners, so that we can end the destructive legacy of BC Liberal governance of this province.
Proposal for a NDP/Green Political Accord
Last BC election the Liberals won 9 seats by less than 3,000 votes, many of those seats were in fact won by a few hundreds of votes. The presence of Green candidates and the culture of non-engagement in the political process being two substantial contributing factors. Why not Carole James and Jane Sterk sitting down, and do, what Vision did in Vancouver? A withdrawal of Green candidates would considerably strengthen the odds of an NDP victory, it would elect a provincial government with a much better environmental platform then the BC liberals, it would earn the Greens respect that they are putting the interest of the Province ahead of their ability to be Ralph Nadersque spoilers in this election, and it just might bring about the political appointment of some Greens to senior positions within a NDP government. For the betterment of this Province why do not these two women talk and compromise. My goodness, if Obama is willing to talk to Iran without preconditions after 20+ years of hardened animosity between the USA and Iran, surely, in this watershed election, excellent leadership demands the extraordinary. If we always do what we have always done..we will always get the results we have always got...a splitting of the vote and 4 more years of Campbell and the Fiberals...there will be nothing left when he is done. If you an NDPer (which I am not), if your a Green (which I am not), put pressure on your leaders to make an electoral accomodation now - write them email them, call them, question them, why not an electoral accomodation now. This compromise is the change we need now..plus STV to give parties less control and voters more genuine choice.
These times require extraordinary thinking and leadership, not just by politicians, but by people, you, I, and WE together.
Thank you,
Peter Dimitrov
ps. This letter has been sent to Ms. Sterk, BC Greens
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pps. Our flag, the Maple Leaf means not only that we tolerate and respect our differences, but we also put aside our divisiveness for the greater common good. Send this letter with your name to both Ms. James & Ms Sterk. Go to the BC NDP and BC Green Party website to get their emails.
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