Even if you don’t spend your Sundays watching the political talks shows, you have something to offer a public hearing next week on the province’s electoral system, says a Prince George member of the group examining it.
“People should come out and take part, and be informed,” said Mary Jarbek, one of 160 members of the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform charged with recommending any changes to the way British Columbians elect their government.
Jarbek will be one of the members hosting a public hearing May 10, one of 49 across the province in the next two months to gather input from citizens.
The space was there all along. Hidden away in the basement area of the Child Development Centre on Strathcona Avenue. For over a decade, it had been used only for storage. Now, thanks to helping hands and a $450,000 pledge from Variety-Children's Charity of B.C., the centre will be able to transform 6,000 square feet into much needed office and service areas.
The $1 million dollar expansion project is expected to get underway soon with June 2005 as the targeted completion date. It will be helped along by a provincial government capital building grant of $100,000.
Project manager Mary Jarbek made the centre’s announcement Wednesday at a gathering of parents, children, dignitaries and media. Architects drawings were displayed at the CDC site, showing detailed plans for the space.