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Bill Tieleman is a political columnist and a left-wing political strategist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada known for his coverage of the BC Legislature Raids and for opposing referendum on electoral reform. In addition, he has been a vocal advocate of the artistic tenets of Canadian post-shoegaze, noise avant-garde rock band AIDS Wolf. Tieleman was a director of communications (public relations) for the British Columbia Federation of Labour and also in the Office of the New Democratic Premier Glen Clark. Tieleman owns West Star Communications, a consulting firm that provides "strategy and communication services for labour, business, non-profits and government," according to Tieleman's blog. Tieleman appears as a political commentator on radio and writes a politics column weekly in the 24 Hours newspaper and The Tyee online magazine. From 2005 to 2009, he appeared as a guest opposite Norman Spector weekly on CKNW's Bill Good Show. He previously wrote a Political Connections column for The Georgia Straight. He is known for his commentary and coverage of the BC Legislature Raids. In December 2007, he came back from the courtroom to discover that his office had been broken-into and materials related to the trial moved about. Tieleman regarded this as an attempt at intimidation.〔(Tieleman Hit by Break-In ), The Tyee, Dec. 4, 2007. Accessed June 15, 2010〕〔(Office break-in tied to coverage of Basi-Virk case, reporter says ), The Victoria Times-Colonist, Dec. 5, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2010〕 In 2008, Tieleman reported receiving death threats following a 24 Hours column calling for a boycott of China. He is affiliated with Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, and worked on his campaigns, including at the provincial level. Tieleman views affordability and poverty as the two largest civic issues. ==Referenda== He was president of the (No STV Campaign Society ) that successfully prevented the introduction of BC-STV, a form of Single-Transferable Voting in the second referendum on provincial electoral reform.〔(President of NO STV makes his case ), The Shotgun Blog, The Western Standard, April 29, 2009, Accessed: June 16, 2010〕 Tieleman played "the leading role on behalf of the No STV camp in the public debates and discussions."〔 〕 The NO STV campaign concentrated their media buy in the final two weeks prior to the referendum. Opposition to the measure increased from the first referendum, he felt, because citizens had more information on the practical consequences of STV, including large multi-member ridings. After the Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell introduced the concept of a new Harmonized Sales Tax or HST, Tieleman started a No HST campaign on Facebook. When Facebook removed the group in January 2010, Tieleman claimed it was the province's largest Facebook group with more than 130,000 members. The group was restored by Facebook without explanation two days later. He also became a strategist and media spokesman for Fight HST, the official proponent, led by Bill Vander Zalm, seeking a referendum to cancel the HST in accordance with the Recall and Initiative Act. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Tieleman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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