Ban bear hunting - Anti Trophy Hunting - Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) with Anthony Marr

Heal Our Planet Earth
HOPE
Anti Trophy Hunting

Anti Trophy Hunting
Ban bear hunting

1996-09-26
Terminal City, Vancouver, BC

by Paul Johnson

… One of BC’s foremost environmental organizations has discovered just how difficult the process surrounding citizens’ referendum can be. The WCWC is seeking to…

“The rules are just about unworkable,” says WCWC’s Anthony Marr. Their first problem is that referendum rules stipulate that there can be only one proponent for a referendum, but an unlimited number of opponents. In this case, Marr says, it’s WCWC against 107 parties: 69 organizations and 38 individuals… WCWC is also bogged down in the mechanics of the process… Marr points out that while referendums are common in many American states, “in BC things are so tough that no one has been successful in organizing a referendum.”

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