SECTION: What is the FCP all about

LEVEL 2 SECTION: Explanation

YOU WERE READING:

...our Constitution describes the process by which policy resolutions are introduced and voted on....

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR PASSING POLICY?

The FCP Constitution specifies how policies can be formulated, brought to the attention of our members and voted on, either at an Annual General Meeting, or through "Letter Ballot".

The following are the relevant sections from the FCP Constitution:

 

Formation of Policies 01.4      Official party policy will be ratified at annual meetings and adhered to by all party members.  Between annual meetings the provincial executive as elected at said meeting will formulate and announce new policies in consultation with constituencies. 10.0     Amendments 10.1      Amendments or Additions to the FCP Official Documents may be made at any Annual Meeting or special General Meeting called for that purpose. Notice of any proposed Amendment/Addition shall be delivered to the Management Committee not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of such meeting. 10.2      The Provincial Executive may, by a two-thirds majority vote, resolve any problem not provided for in this Constitution by issuing special orders.  Such special orders shall be valid until the next Annual Meeting, which may endorse, amend or repeal them.  Notification of such orders may at the discretion of the Executive Committee be published in the IMPACT!, the official newsletter of the FCP. 10.3      An official letter ballot may be issued by the Executive Committee any time it wants to submit to the members at large a proposed Amendment or Addition to the FCP Official Documents.   Such letter ballot may either be sent by mail to all members of the FCP, or it may be published in the IMPACT!.  The ballot should be marked by the recipient either "Approved as written", "Approved with comments", or "Rejected "; must be signed and sent back to the Central Office by mail, within 30 days.             On reception of the members' responses, the Executive Committee will decide, depending on the number of approvals and rejections  (see section 10.4) and the number and severity of the comments received, whether to ratify the Amendment/Addition, whether to bring the issue at the next Annual/General Meeting, or whether  to revise the text of the Amendment/Addition and submit another letter ballot to the membership. 10.4      For Amendments and Additions to be incorporated into Part I or Part II of the FCP Official Documents, approval  is required by 80% of the members in good standing present at an Annual/General Meeting or by 80% of the members in good standing that responded to a letter ballot.  For Amendments and Additions to Part III, a simple majority is required.