[fvc-wat-announce] Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report

[Donald Fraser]

oooops .... when I wrote ... " (assuming none of them are on his target
list and might be alarmed at its content)", I was referring to the Cabinet
members


On 6 May 2017 at 12:54, Donald Fraser <donaldafraser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nathan Cullen, in his recent gathering at KPL re the Parliamentary vote on
> his "Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report", indicated
> that he had 20 'target' Liberal MPs who, in his opinion, might vote to
> concur.
>
> However, for reasons of his own, he did not want to reveal his list ...
> maybe because he would be breaking one or many confidences.
>
> I wanted to reach out to those 'target' MPs to encourage them to vote
> their conscience, so today I have started to send the following Email to
> all non-Cabinet MPs (assuming none of them are on his target list and might
> be alarmed at its content)
>
> Since the last mailout, I have had to update the mailing list I sent you
> with all the changes in the Liberal Caucus. I have attached this new list
> in case you want to use it. (.doc and .pdf)
>
> cheers,
> Don
>
> ===============================
>
> Hello (Liberal MPname),
>
>
>
> I am writing to you concerning a coming motion in Parliament to “concur”
> with the Report of the Electoral Reform (ER) Committee. Traditionally such
> a vote has always been a free vote.
>
>
>
> Voting to concur will allow the subject of ER to regain Parliamentary
> attention. 88% of the contributors to the ER process recommended
> Proportional Representation (PR) as Canada’s new means of choosing its
> MPs.
>
>
>
> I am asking you to vote your conscience and recommend that the report be
> accepted.
>
>
>
> Just two short years ago the Liberal Party was in third place
> demonstrating that our fickle First Past the Post (FPTP) system is unstable
> and subject to emotional mood swings of the electorate. This causes many
> problems such as the Policy Pendulum, strategic voting, discouraged and
> disenfranchised voters, lack of long term planning etc.
>
>
>
> With the growing danger of Trumpism spreading to Canada as evidenced in
> the platforms of several Conservative leadership candidates, we need to
> protect our country by introducing coalition government which is an almost
> guaranteed outcome of PR.
>
>
>
> Yours Truly,
>
>
>
> Donald A Fraser
>
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>
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