▁Stand ing ▁Committee ▁on ▁Legisl ative ▁In iti atives ▁which ▁considered ▁the ▁pet ition ▁seeking ▁the ▁repe al ▁of ▁the ▁Harm on ized ▁Sales ▁Tax . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 4 0 th ▁Parliament ▁F lem ing ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁N DP ' s ▁education ▁critic . ▁He ▁introduced ▁the ▁private ▁member ▁bill ▁Youth ▁V oter ▁Reg istration ▁Act ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁allowed ▁prov is ional ▁vot er ▁registration ▁of ▁people ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁and ▁ 1 8 , ▁a ▁measure ▁that ▁was ▁later ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁Background ▁Before ▁att ending ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Victoria , ▁F lem ing ▁spent ▁two ▁years ▁( 1 9 9 3 – 9 5 ) ▁at ▁Cam os un ▁College ▁which ▁later ▁awarded ▁him ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Dist ingu ished ▁Al umn i ▁Award . ▁At ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Victoria ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁U V ic ▁Stud ents ' ▁Society . ▁He ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁universal ▁access ▁to ▁BC ▁Trans it ▁for ▁students ▁through ▁a ▁U - Pass ▁system . ▁F lem ing ▁graduated ▁with ▁a ▁b ach elor ▁of ▁arts ▁with ▁a ▁major ▁in ▁history . ▁Following ▁gradu ation , ▁he ▁started ▁work ▁with ▁a ▁communication ▁consult ing ▁business . ▁He ▁stood ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁for ▁Victoria ▁City ▁Council ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁municipal ▁elections ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Victoria ▁C iv ic ▁Elect ors ▁which ▁ran ▁a ▁joint ▁sl