Pacific Legislative Council debate

[Spamage]

The Pacific is in desperate need of an active Council session, and maintaining activity will be my chief priority if I am elected. Too often in the past has the Council been bogged down by the absence or lack of commitment of one member, something which is deadly in an assembly of only three, but I believe with one successful and entirely active session this can be changed and a new precedent can be created.

[Spamage]

1. I have no proposals for increasing the relationship between the Federal government and the region, but I do have several ideas on inter-regional communication and cooperation. If elected to the Council I would like to see C.A.R.E. revived and perhaps the founding of a similar organization for all of the regional assemblies. Coordination and cooperation between the various regions is not only a way to be more effective in making and enforcing various regional laws, but also a way to foster positive inter-regional relationships.

2. To some extent I would argue the inactivity levels within the region are sometimes exaggerated. When I first took office as governor, my predecessor had been entirely inactive and not a single bill had been passed and we've come a long way since then by establishing the Pacific Council, a new Constitution, and getting closer to twenty different legislative sessions. Activity is not solely passing laws though, but it is instead everything ranging from this very debate to voting itself and I believe the fact there are five candidates running shows that this regions level of activity is on the upswing. We should capitalize on this and as Councillor I'd consider adding seats to the Council in order to ensure that people do not get discouraged after attempting to win office. We all want what's best for the region, and I think together we can bring real improvements to it.

I believe that the stain of inactivity can be removed once and for all, as the Midwest has shown us, if we are diligent in our offices and work together to solve the problems facing our region. Even so, the threat of inactivity itself will always remain and we must elect officeholders who we know will be both active and involved in our regional affairs, and not absent.