Political Activism
In 1998, Marley was a founder of Fair Voting BC, a non-profit, non-partisan group that promoted electoral reform. The group was instrumental in BC having a referendum in 2005 on the BC-STV (Single Transferable Vote System).
In the fall of 2008, Marley was the campaign manager for Michael Lewis, who was elected councillar in the West Vancouver, B.C., civic elections. Lewis refused to seek the endorsement of an unregistered political group, West Vancouver Citizens for Good Government (WVCGG). Previous civic candidates had paid and submitted to a secret interview process to get WVCGG's endorsement. Marley and Lewis reported to the police that WVCGG and another group Low Tax, Low Growth had violated the BC Local Government Act. It was subsequently revealed that most, though not Lewis, 2008 West Vancouver civic candidates gave money to WVCGG.
In August 2008, he was a founding director of Medicare For Autism Now, which lobbies the Canadian Federal government to amend the Canada Health Act to pay for autism treatment.
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