November 18, 2019
Announcement: Legislative Petition Ends November 18

To: 8 registered canvassers, 53 reporters and commentators; 26 trustee candidates and trustees; 36 of the many voters who are very concerned about our "one-size-fits-all" school boards; and 79 generally interested folks including members of the Social Mavrik Federation.

From: Bob Bray, Charter School Petition Proponent

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CAMPBELL RIVER: Bob Bray, proponent of the province-wide petition titled "Initiative to Allow the Voluntary Formation of Twenty Charter Schools", announces the end of the legislative petition process.
Legislative Petition ends today-November 18
Using BC's unique Initiative Petition legislation is a strategy that was decided by the Social Mavrik Federation on April 28 with the completion of the document describing the purposes of this new society.

Adding a few public charter schools to our school system is seen as a way to bring competition to the sector. The dynamics of competition will strengthen the public education system spontaneously and over the long term.

Public independent schools would also add education stability for students whose studies are occasionally disrupted by the structural instability of public government schools.

Then on May 8th a draft of legislation about public charter schools was submitted to Elections BC. The internal review conducted by Elections BC called for some revisions and an approved version of the draft legislation emerged on June 20.

The 5-month petition clock began ticking then. The first two months, from June 20 to August 19, allowed for the recruiting of canvassers.

During the next three months, from August 19 to November 18, canvasser recruitment continued and canvassing for signatures on petition sheets was conducted.
The Results
Our first taste of Direct Democracy
Eight voters came forward on their own initiative and applied to be a canvasser. Upon my approval as the proponent they were successfully registered by Elections BC.

The registered canvassers came from five provincial electoral districts.

The Elections BC list of 8 registered canvassers will be up-to-date by the end of the day on November 18 and can be seen here.

Eight signatures were collected on Elections BC petition sheets and original copies were delivered to the Victoria office of Elections BC on November 18.

Weekly announcements were emailed during September, October and November to a distribution list that now totals 202 recipients.
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Contact:
Bob Bray, Initiative Petition Proponent
Phone: 250-900-2422
Mail: 422-1434 Ironwood Street, Campbell River, British Columbia V9W 5T5
Email: bob.bray@socialmavrikbc.ca
Website: socialmavrikbc.ca
The Social Mavrik Federation is a registered society in British Columbia dedicated to cultural politics through endorsing MP / MLA / Trustee candidates and supporting initiative petitions, as directed by its members.
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Backgrounder:
The November 11th Announcement that gave the last call for canvassers for this petition and asked the question - Is the Saanich school strike worth it? - can be seen here.
The November 4th Announcement that described how to start a school and quoted that portion of the School Act which recognizes parental choice in education can be seen here.
The October 28th Announcement that unveiled the measure of unhappy parents from the 2018 trustee election as an "Unhappy Rate" of 22% can be seen here.
The October 21st Announcement that identified a gap in independent school choice can be seen here.
The October 14th Announcement that compared neighborhood and charter schools on the basis of leadership, answered the question "is a charter school the same as a private school?", plus described the Go Public Strategy, can be seen here.
The October 7th Announcement that provided an education comparison of neighborhood and charter schools, plus described the School Act and the Independent School Act, can be seen here.
The September 30th Announcement that introduced the Canvasser Action Binder, described 25-year history of Charter Schools in Alberta and listed the 13 Alberta Charter Schools can be seen here.
The September 23rd Announcement that introduced the Couple Signing at Home Method, postponed the Opposed Signing Alternative, described how legislative petitions are unique to BC, and explained Charter Schools can be seen here.