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We, the undersigned, support the amalgamation of the municipality in which we live with some or all of the municipalities in the Greater Victoria Region.
We demand that the Province of British Columbia take steps to determine and implement the best organization of the 13 municipalities in the Greater Victoria Region to provide for less and better government.
This is the statement that we ask you to support. It is not an issue of saving money. It is an issue about getting better government for the region and moving forward into the 21st century as a unity city of 340,000 people, with a common goal of building the best future for ourselves and our children as possible.
The objective of the Committee is to present to the Government of the Province of British Columbia this petition supported by at least 50,000 citizens in Greater Victoria, by the end of 2005.
The Provincial Government has confirmed that they will only act on the issue of amalgamation once asked to do so by the citizens of the region.
There appears to be strong support in general for some form of amalgamation in the lower island, however there are different views on what is the best outcome. Some people favour one city, others prefer three (Sidney, Victoria and Colwood), or other variations yet.
The goal is to ensure the Provincial Government takes some steps towards improving the way the area is governed. If a specific result were to be dictated now, it could easily get sidetracked by arguments that it is not the best way to proceed.
The demand to the Provincial Government is not that they immediately create one city, rather that they take the steps needed to chose and implement a better organization of the municipalities.
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