Carole James is done.

We are all done with these party leaders.

yeah, the funny thing about all this is. Gordo admits he lied to us abotu the HSt, he takes the heat, gets out of politics, Liberals gets a new leader and they will still win. Nobody wants to have James in there.

“We do not want our candidate to give up his principles or to mute his consistent and intelligent criticism of the problems with our electoral system.”

Very commendable! However, if a candidate (MLA) decides that she/has NO fundamental disagreement or reason for criticism of the leader's actions THEN hers/his rights to NOT disagree or criticize should also be respected, imho.

Of course, this ought to apply to ALL elected candidates, no matter what their party affiliation is.

If that is so then recall should be reserved only for extremely special criminal circumstances and not be used as a pretext to try to bully a candidate into giving up his/hers principles and personal convictions or as a form of punishment for sticking to convictions or beliefs.

should read: that she/he has NO...etc.

should read: that she/he has NO...etc.

All elected candidates should get a thorough reading of their constituants wishes and go with that only. If they disagree with their voters that's tough; do your job! They were elected to do the will of the majority. Have any of them ever taken a poll of their riding on any subject of grave concern to us?? I hope James can 'suck it up' and ask Simpson to return. Then he should decline the offer; it will probably never happen.

get a clue, quit messing with these Lieberal and NDP bedwetters and vote for a real party. We vote conservative federally, its time to do likewise provincially. Its the only sane alternative.

What does the position the NDP Riding Executive has taken on this have to do with Recall, Prince George? I don't see any connection whatsoever.

Anyone can start a Recall Petition against their MLA for any reason whatsoever. That doesn't mean they're going to be able to collect sufficient signatures in the time allowed to have the seat declared vacant and force a by-election.

In fact, the only time Recall might have been successful, in all the attempts for various reasons several MLAs have so far been subjected to, was with BC Liberal Paul Reitsma. Who resigned before the signatures were counted.

And not for an "extremely special criminal circumstance", but for writing letters to the editor of a local paper under a ficticious name praising Paul Reitsma!

The issue in most of the other Recall attempts was whether or not the MLA was adequately "representing" his, or her, constituents on some issue or issues. That's one of Recall's primary purposes, wherever it's been put in place, anywhere.
Not just a means of getting some crook who won't resign out of office.

California dumped a Governor mid-term who had lost the confidence of the public that he was acting in their best interests. And unless there are some unforseen changes we're likely going to dump some BC Liberal MLAs for the same reason.

It makes perfect sense to cut our elected MLAs some slack when it comes to using their own good judgement in deciding most of the issues that come before them. But when around 70 to 80%, or more, of their consitituents CLEARLY AND CONSISTANTLY have said they OPPOSE the policy the MLAs' Leader and Party are taking ~ over a tax change they did not seek, were not given, and even openly denied they wanted, any mandate to impose ~ and those MLAs still refuse to act as OUR "representatives"....? Recall is more than justified and entirely appropriate under those circumstances.

the provincial Liberals and the Federal Liberals are only same in the Name. After that they are on opposite ends of the spectrum. The provincial Liberals are right of center, and the federal Liberals are left of center.

I do believe that the provincial conservative are still trying to find their identity on the spectrum.

Socredible:"What does the position the NDP Riding Executive has taken on this have to do with Recall, Prince George? I don't see any connection whatsoever."

You may decide to start looking for the connection between an MLA being allowed to act according to his/hers convictions, beliefs and the principles of the party he/she represents - and the threat of recall (which you insist ought to be allowed for any reasons whatsoever) in order to get him/her to give in to outside pressure.

“We do not want our candidate to give up his principles or to mute his consistent and intelligent criticism of the problems with our electoral system.”

Well said! I agree. They do not want THEIR candidate to give up HIS principles and I am sure that in the interest of fairness that should apply to ALL MLAs, no matter what party.

Now, you may understand where I make the connection.

Give it some time. Simpson was turfed by his leader. Others may be given the boot at election time.