ELECTIONS BC LEGISLATIVE WATCH DOGS - Yesterday morning, I also tuned into the Legislative committee. The MLAs involved fear the reality that the election was not valid. The committee chose to taken the 'conspiracy theory' path. At least that is what was portrayed publicly. The committee brought in two presenters, neither represented the public, both represented interests in 'educating the public' to combat misinformation. The dialog and questions were not even worthy of a question mark, let alone 2 hours. This is not just about the 2024 election, this is about trust in the people who were supposed to be working for us to preserve democracy, instead they closed the doors. DENIAL is the only option for them. 46% polled were concerned about election integrity according to MEO. The recommendations of the CEO Boegman, may or may not be implemented... We don't know. What we DO know is that the institutions of government and there acting representatives did not engage dialog after a year, have a false message of public engagement and the FOI system is built to enforce denial by all methods possible. What we DO know is that the system of elections CAN NOT be trusted in it's current form. I also made a lengthy submission based on my research, so did 3 other people. The fact that Federal Election saw 549,000 more voters tells me that the provincial election cover up is MASSIVE. Where did the voters go? The HOT ISSUES and a NEW party with zealot door knockers and engagement did not equal to only a 5% increase over 2021 PANDEMIC election when everyone stayed home. This is a big question that no one has asked themselves. Where are the missing voters? @AmazingZoltan @KatKanada_TM @mindingottawa @EpochTimesCan @WSOnlineNews @RealAlbanianPat

March 13th, the MLAs of the BC Legislature let the public down. For 17 months, I researched, investigated, and gave this work a central place in my life. I stayed non-partisan on this topic because election integrity is common ground, it belongs to everyone. The public was invited to participate. I was told to wait a year, and that the committee looked forward to my submission. So I waited and I worked. Over 500 days spent understanding and building toward a moment that was ultimately never given to me, and by extension, to an attentive public that deserved better. In the past few weeks alone, I put in 20 additional hours taking notes, compiling clips, and shaping everything into a 15 to 20 minute presentation I was prepared to deliver in person. On Friday, your focus was accusing the public and social media platforms of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, repeating it over and over again, yet you couldn't articulate to the public why. That's because you don't understand why the public holds those positions, and there isn't just one reason. To be clear, stating that is not an endorsement of those positions, it's an acknowledgment that understanding them is the very work you refused to do. You chose not to have a civil dialogue with the people you represent. The MLAs voted no to me presenting. I asked for reconsideration. I received a "bipartisan" no. You asked the public to participate. I went well beyond what the average citizen would ever do on the subject of election integrity. And one of your committee's own mandates was to find ways to increase public participation, yet in the end, you gave 2 people 50 minutes to discuss the entirety of the 2024 BC Election and the 30 recommendations that will change the future of elections. You now have your answer as to why public trust is failing. But go ahead and look for new voter pools in 16 and 17 year olds while entertaining the idea of extending the vote to permanent residents, attempting to bandage the voter turnout issue when more than 549,000 British Columbians who didn't vote provincially showed up months later for the federal election. Recommend centralizing authority while providing immunity, as Bill 9 undermines the public's access to accountability, pass your misinformation policies, reduce exposure via newsprint, and allow access to when and where voters vote during elections. These aren't solutions. All I ever asked for was 15 to 20 minutes, a blip, a moment in time, to have a dialogue about issues I genuinely believe matter, while being able to argue both sides of the conversation. What you voted for instead was silence. You denied not just me, but the public, a moment of representation, acknowledgment, and closure. You are a living example of why residents of BC, why Canadians, have lost faith in their government, and in doing so, you proved their narratives right: that this committee was a facade, a sham, built on a lie the moment you called for public participation and then voted no. I believed I could be the living example to prove those narratives wrong. That opportunity is now gone, and that is no one's fault but your own. You should be ashamed of yourselves.