"To dream the impossible dream..." Just what we need. More "dreamers". Ones who are going to 'refederate' us. If it meets the approval of the big Banks. Or has that been removed from their 'new' policy platform?

Oh wow... this will fix everything!
Seems these no-minds never figure out that adding more political confusion to the mess we already have, solves nothing.
We need to fix what we already have in place,not creat another pretend political party that will acomplish nothing.
Duh.

And the other existing choices are? Everybody is unhappy with the status quo. And now unhappy with a change too.

Maybe we need a benevolent ayatollah?

Maybe a Dali Lama clone who will kick some butt and fill our potholes.

"We need to fix what we already have in place,..." --- THAT I would call *Mission Impossible!*

Actually I have been waiting for a new different party based on common sense to come along...the sooner the better!

Just observe the braying and mud slinging of the established parties in Ottawa and Victoria. If an MP or MLA dares to disagree and have a mind of his (hers) own he (she) gets tarred and feathered and turfed out!

Good luck to Mike Summers who dares to be different!

I also say good luck to Mike Summers and his new party. He is participating in the future of politics one step ahead of others IMO. I think parties are becoming more and more of an irrelevant thing the more and more we have mass media via the internet to spread truth and awareness of what political parties really stand for.

I call parties like his the independent candidate and they deserve just as much consideration as any other established party candidate if we are to claim we truly do live in a democracy.

IMHO

PS I wold not vote for MIke though. He can't be organized enough to provide a link to his party platform when he launches his intention to run so already I've lost interest because what that tells me is he is running out of personal interest and not for a genuine cause that he feels comfortable about being up front for criticism about. So he lost my vote already. How can I buy into a hidden agenda based on some vague grievance?

BC needs a third party that represents the free enterprise economy and society enabling middle class economic opportunities, while promoting progressive democratic accountability that opens the light to government decision making with encouraged participation by all citizens.

That is not Mikes party IMO. Maybe it will be many parties in many locations, maybe it will be a coalition of parties, maybe it will be a combination of the two, but I don't think it will be Mikes party alone otherwise we would be right back to square one again.

Actually, the release had a link in it but was not published owing to rules of this and other periodicals.
If Ben will allow this much, http://www.refedbc.com
or me at votemike@telus.net
If you delete this Ben or Elaine, I understand.

'Re-federate', 'defederate', it won't amount to anything since neither postulates any move to a meaningful 'economic democracy'.

And without that, 'political democracy' is a complete sham.

All a vote for Mike's Refederation Party could ever do, (assuming he can even recruit any candidates that want to waste their time and money running ~ and losing), is change the personnel in the Legislature.

From those with experience, to those with no experience, including their leader. Who's then going to 'govern', while wasting our time and money trying to fiddle with the framework of the system.

Through ridiculous ideas like re-writing the 'Constitution Act', etc. About as meaningful as the PQ taking Quebec out of Canada, but leaving the Bank of Canada in charge of the new 'republique's' currency and credit. Some 'sovereignty' that would be!

Thanks Mike I'll check it out.