PRESS RELEASE: FIGHT HST RECALL CAMPAIGN BREAKS 3,000 CANVASSER MARK

Nov 1, 2010 Press Release

FIGHT HST RECALL RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN BREAKS 3,000 CANVASSERS PROVINCE WIDE

Kamloops North moves into first place with 201 canvassers signed

Two more ridings added to campaign – Langley and Kamloops South

PORT COQUITLAM – The campaign to recruit canvassers for the Fight HST MLA Survivor Recall went into overtime this past week with Kamloops North breaking the 200 canvasser mark to move into first place, bringing the total number of canvassers signed province wide to 3,007 says Fight HST Lead Organizer, Chris Delaney.

Delaney says Oak Bay – Gordon Head is in second place with 199 canvassers, followed by Cariboo Chilcotin with 196. “There is a virtual three way tie for first place. At 200 canvassers, a riding only needs one or two signatures per canvasser per day to succeed at a Recall.”

“Six other ridings have obtained the critical mass of 100 or more canvassers that we believe is necessary to effect a successful Recall. Comox Valley is hot on the heels of the three leading constituencies with 189 canvassers, followed by Saanich North at 187, Boundary Similkameen at 158, Parksville-Qualicum at 131, Maple Ridge at 111, and Vancouver Quilchena at 110,” said Delaney.

“That gives us 9 solid ridings that can immediately undertake Recalls, with another eleven at various stages of organization. That includes two more ridings with the addition this week of Kamloops South and Langley. These ridings will provide solid backups to the lead ridings since Recalls could carry on well through the spring next year, depending on the demand from British Columbians.”

Delaney says the ridings where Fight HST has strong leadership and organizational skills have rocketed in the last week. “There seems to have been a big bounce in interest across the province since Premier Campbell’s televised address last week. I guess his lack of contrition about the HST only motivated the voters for Recall even more,” said Delaney.

Delaney says with two weeks to go in the recruitment campaign, the race is tightening. “We’ll have several options by the time we finish. Given the close nature of the race, we’ll be discussing with the top ridings which ones want to go first, which ones want to wait, and when each riding wishes to launch their Recall. Once we have a consensus based on the numbers and the desire by the ridings, we will announce the winners at the contest close, which will coincide with the date Recalls can begin -  November 15.”

Following are the results from Week Five of the HST Survivor Recall contest:

Constituency	MLA	Running Totals
Boundary Similkameen	John Slater	158
Cariboo Chilcotin	Donna Barnett	196
Comox Valley	Don McRae	189
Chilliwack	John Les	98
Kamloops North	Terry Lake	201
Kelowna Lake Country	Norm Letnick	49
Kelowna Mission	Steve Thompson	51
Kelowna Westside	Ben Stewart	36
Kootenay East	Bill Bennett	31
Maple Ridge – Mission	Marc Dalton	111
N. Vancouver-Seymour	Jane Thornthwaite	45
Oak Bay – Gordon Head	Ida Chong	199
Parksville Qualicum	Ron Cantelon	131
Penticton	Bill Barisoff	43
Quilchena	Colin Hansen	110
Saanich North & Islands	Murray Coell	187
Vernon Monashee	Eric Foster	51
West Vancouver STS	Joan McIntyre	83
Langley (**NEW)	Mary Polack	30
Kamloops South (**NEW)	Kevin Krueger	59
Recall Ridings	Sub total	2058
All Other Ridings	Volunteers at Large	949
	RUNNING TOTALS (ALL)	3007

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PRESS RELEASE: FIGHT HST TO KICK OFF BC LIBERAL MLA RECALL CAMPAIGN ON SEPT 27

Sep 20, 2010 Press Release

Vander Zalm: Premier can stop Recalls by agreeing to referendum conditions

Vancouver – Fight HST Leader Bill Vander Zalm says Premier Gordon Campbell’s refusal to conduct the upcoming referendum to repeal the HST using “binding legislation” before the end of this year, will result in Recall campaigns against a number of BC Liberal MLAs starting as early as November 15, 2010.

Launching what he calls the “MLA Survivor Recall – Vote them off the Island” campaign, Vander Zalm says 18 ridings have committed to compete to see which MLAs will be recalled first.

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