[fvc-wat-announce] "Electoral Reform In Canada: Where Do We Go From Here" March 22 7 PM

[Anita]

Hi  Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters! I've created a facebook page for our upcoming event with Dennis Pilon. Please do click "attending" on facebook and share. 

http://www.facebook.com/events/250609738360201/?context=create#!/events/250609738360201/

With robocall fraud, C-10, the online privacy bill, withdrawal from Kyoto, cuts to Environment Canada (and on and on and on), the need for electoral reform, to have a Parliament that reflects how we voted, has never been so relevant or urgent for so many Canadians.

On a personal note, after 3 years of events, tables, presentations, and other activities, I'm taking a break from Fair Vote Canada Waterloo after this event (can't miss this one!) Our dynamic and amazing new co-coordinator, Sharon Sommerville, already has many events and intiatives in the works for spring and fall, and I hope you will continue to support our chapter of Fair Vote Canada. There is no doubt that we are one of the most active chapters in Canada, we continue to reach many people in this community, and it's thanks to you.

See you on the 22nd!

Thanks,

Anita



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Anita 
To: fvc-wat-announce at listserv.thinkers.org 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:23 PM
Subject: [fvc-wat-announce] Fair Vote Canada Event with Dennis Pilon March22: Join Us!


Hello Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters!

I hope you will all join us for our next event, "Electoral Reform in Canada: Where Do We Go From Here?" with Dennis Pilon  (Poster copied below and attached).

Where: Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work Auditorium
When: Thursday March 22, 7 PM

Dennis's talk will be followed by Q+A and discussion. Free, everyone welcome, refreshments provided! 

Dennis Pilon was one of the founders of Fair Vote Canada, has just moved back to Ontario from British Columbia, and we are fortunate to have him coming to talk to us in Kitchener-Waterloo. I believe some folks from Fair Vote Canada Toronto, including Fair Vote Canada's Executive Director, will be joining us.

Dennis will be addressing two questions that are key for those of us committed to achieving a vote that counts:

1) What lessons have we learned from efforts to reform Canada's voting system over the last ten years?
2) What does the movement for proportional representation need to do to succeed in future?

About Dennis:

His research has focused primarily on issues of democratization and democratic reform in western countries in both contemporary and historical contexts.  In 2007 he published The Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada's Electoral System.

Over the past decade, Professor Pilon has done considerable public speaking and media work commenting on many aspects of politics with reporters from print, radio and television, particularly on topics relating to elections and political parties. He is presently a member of the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote Canada, a citizens' group focused on gaining more proportional methods of voting for Canadian elections. He has also acted as a consultant on election issues for various legal firms, political parties, trade unions, community groups, and the Auditor General of Canada. 

You can watch Dennis advocating for proportional representation during the British Columbia referendum on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4owD5HDldQ

Hope to see many of you, and thank you for being a supporter of Fair Vote Canada Waterloo!

Anita


Fair Vote Canada Waterloo

Presents....

Electoral Reform for Canada:

Where Do We Go From Here?



Dennis Pilon

Associate Professor of Political Science, York University
Author of The Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada's
Electoral System, Member of Fair Vote Canada's
Advisory Board, Leading expert on voting system reform

Thursday March 22, 7 PM

Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work

(120 Duke St. W, across from Kitchener City Hall, Rm 101)



What lessons have we learned from efforts to reform Canada's voting system over the last ten years?

What does the movement for proportional representation need to do to succeed in future?



Presentation to be followed by Q+A and town hall style discussion

Free, refreshments provided, everyone welcome.

More info? Anita lanickerson at b2b2c.ca, 519-568-7655



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


_______________________________________________
This is the fvc-wat-announce mailing list
Unsubscribe: http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-announce_listserv.thinkers.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.thinkers.org/pipermail/fvc-wat-announce_listserv.thinkers.org/attachments/20120303/47e243de/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Fair Vote Waterloo.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 10334 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.thinkers.org/pipermail/fvc-wat-announce_listserv.thinkers.org/attachments/20120303/47e243de/attachment-0002.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Dennis_Pilon.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 27290 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.thinkers.org/pipermail/fvc-wat-announce_listserv.thinkers.org/attachments/20120303/47e243de/attachment-0003.jpg>