Five questions for NDP leadership candidates

Will you pledge:

1) to move towards a more British-style MLA participation in the Legislature with free votes on most bills except those involving confidence motions, such as the Budget, or major pieces of legislation;

2) to institute a greater decorum in the Legislature by requiring NDP MLAs NOT to thump their desks, NOT to heckle, or otherwise behave like noisy children; to ask real questions, instead of rhetorical ones designed for a sound-bite, and in general to behave with quiet respect and dignity;

3) to pursue the legalization of marijuana by persistently and strongly lobbying the federal government to do so, on the grounds that the province of B.C. cannot afford to continue wasting taxpayer dollars on police and prisons while enriching organized crime;

4) to move to a greater and greater use of restorative justice with the long-term goal of having it replace most punitive justice procedures;

5) to institute a discussion of taxation with the citizens of B.C., comparing the pros and cons of progressive income taxes, consumption taxes in general, 'sin' taxes in particular, and user fees?