Recall is just a dumb idea. I once thought that I would be in favour of this until I realised a few issues. Most of the ridings are somewhat competitive and getting the requisite number of signatures isn't really that shocking (say you have a competitive riding where the first past the post results are 38% to 30% for the first two...the second place finisher will likely get enough signatures to recall the guy who just won!).
I also don't know about the Tories "daring" to support this. If that bill contains a 10% of the signatures kind of figure then maybe the WRA ought to be careful what they wish for...that is a really low number. (In California IIRC the figure is 12% of those who were eligible to vote in the previous election).
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