Four NDP MLAs, including Carole James, submit petitions to legislature to reverse arts cuts
NDP Leader Carole James and three other NDP MLAs have submitted petitions in the legislature signed by constituents opposed to arts cutbacks.
James, who represents Victoria-Beacon Hill, told the House yesterday that her petition was signed by 2,290 people.
Stikine NDP MLA Doug Donaldson‘s petition had 843 signatures and Cariboo North NDP MLA Bob Simpson‘s petition had 224 signatures.
Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Herbert told the Straight that his petition was signed by 1,200 people.
“What really impressed me in going through the names is that they were from all over the province—small communities, big communities,” Herbert said. “It was a last-minute thing. Talking to the people who put out the petitions, the people were literally pulling them out of their hands [because] they wanted to sign them so badly. People are looking for any means possible to get the government to change its course.”
According to Herbert, an ad hoc group loosely affiliated with Victoria’s ProArt Alliance tried to take the petition provincewide.
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