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Like a match in a haystack, the ‘latent energy of democracy’ is there, ready to be tapped. It only takes a few people at the right time and the right place. You can help provide the spark!
- Historical overview of Wisdom Councils in Victoria by Caspar Davis - Creative democracy: wisdom councils at work.
- Detailed information on Wisdom Councils is available at the Center for Wise Democracy
- Jim Rough has a series of videos available online to explore how we can facilitate whole-system change in very large systems.
- Random Selection as a tool for democracy -- our group is becoming increasingly impressed with the value of random selection for renewing democracy.... see: Wikipedia Article on Sortition and Doyle's Links.
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| pjmora | New Constitution _ Part 2 | 0 | Jan 12 2011, 5:14 PM EST by pjmora | ||
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6.a) From a list of candidates, submitted by citizens from and for each riding, on an official, computerized, perpetual electoral system, the candidate with the most votes shall be the "MPA".
6.b ) The MPA’s duty shall be limited to facilitate and implement legislation as decided by the majority of voters, and to supervise the executions of the citizens' mandate by government employees. 6.c) MPAs shall have “No Term of Office". The position shall last as long as the majority of citizens maintain support for that MPA. 6.d) The financial remuneration to all MPAs shall be no more, no less than the average salary of a public employees of the State, plus reasonable remuneration for job related expenses. 6.e) Financial remuneration shall continue for a predetermined, reasonable length of time, after a MPA losses majority of public support, as delegate. Ministers of State, “MS” 7.a) All MPAs shall select, from the Assembly, a Premier, or Minister of State, "MS”. 7.b) The Premier shall facilitate the Legislation proceedings on the Assemble, and represent the State, nationally and internationally. 8.a) All MPAs, shall vote to appoint all Ministers of State: Education, Health, Housing, Transportation, Communications, Social Services, Security and Order, Forest-Lands-Minerals, Energy, etc. 8.b) All MSs shall govern the bureaucratic operations of each Ministry. 8.c) All MSs shall be subject to recall. Independent Agencies 9.a) All MPAs, shall vote to appoint Chief Officers for Independent Agencies which need to be free from political influence: Solicitor General, Chief Electoral Officer, Chief Information Officer, etc. National and International commitments and agreements 10.- National and International commitments, immigration, defense, and trade agreements shall be accepted, rejected, or cancelled by the majority of sovereign citizens on an on-going referendum.
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| pjmora | A suggested constitution as the starting point | 0 | Jan 12 2011, 5:05 PM EST by pjmora | ||
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We The Sovereign Citizens 1.a) Adopt a constitution which establishes the territory now known as the Province of British Columbia, as a new State united to Canada. 1.b) Adopt, by referendum, the name of this new political state. 2.- Adopt The Canadian Charter of Human Rights, as an overriding legislation to safeguard minority’s human rights. Legislative Power to the People 3.a) Establish a clear understanding that the collective citizen’s initiative and legislation, to govern this new political state, is the supreme authority. 3.b) Declare independence from the Monarchy and it’s Governors; from the legislative authority of Members of the Canadian Parliament; from the legislative authority of the BC Members of the Legislative Assembly; and from the city councilors’ authority to create By-Laws. 4. All legislation shall be initiated exclusively by citizens and supported by the majority of citizens, via perpetual, computerized polling system. Computerized Polling System 5.a ) Adopt a computerized mechanisms to facilitate Initiative, referendum and recall. 5.b) The electoral agency must ensure that the polling system is secure, transparent, verifiable, and easily accessible . It shall be sufficiently available to all citizens, through public libraries and other electoral offices across the State. Member of the Political Assembly “MPA”
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| pjmora | The Next step in the evolution of Democracy | 0 | Jan 12 2011, 5:01 PM EST by pjmora | ||
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Many scientists are warning us that if we continue pursuing economic growth and widespread selfish consumerism, life on earth will continue to suffer unnecessarily.
We also know that unsustainable depletion and maldistribution of resources is mainly the product of ineffective government regulations. What is less understood now, is that the current “Monarchic-Representative-Democracy", type of Canadian Government, is the source of ineffective social and environmental legislation. Citizens’ apathy and acquiescence empowers this political system. Once we realize that too much political power in the hands of a few politicians will inherently continue to corrupt, we must look, beyond changing parties, into an alternative form of governance.
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Citizen Insight Councils Victoria 2010-11.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 2,037k)
posted by GeorgeRS Jul 17 2011, 11:11 PM EDT
Citizen Insight Councils 2010-11 - Victoria, BC
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