[fvc-wat-announce] Our meeting with Minister Chagger & a letter in today's Record

[Sharon Sommerville]

Thank you Myron, it would be super to have you attend.

Kind regards,
Sharon

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 9:50 AM, myron steinman <myrons at live.ca> wrote:

>  I may strive to attend.
> Sincerely Myron Steinman
>
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> *From:* fvc-wat-announce <fvc-wat-announce-bounces at listserv.thinkers.org>
> on behalf of Sharon Sommerville <sharonsommerville at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* January 20, 2018 7:27 AM
> *To:* fvc-wat-announce at listserv.thinkers.org; FVC Waterloo Region
> Discussion
> *Subject:* [fvc-wat-announce] Our meeting with Minister Chagger & a
> letter in today's Record
>
> Good Morning FairVoting Friends,
>
> On Thursday, seven supporters of proportional representation met with
> Minister Chagger to express our support for electoral reform.  Our goal
> was to keep the conversation about electoral reform going despite the
> government's decision not to reform our electoral system.
>
> The meeting was respectful and positive.  Everyone had an opportunity to
> express their views and Minister Chagger promised to send our comments to
> Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions.
>
> Minister Chagger also said it is always worthwhile to come to talk with
> her so please take her up on it!  If you would like to help keep the issue
> on the table, live in the riding of Waterloo and would like to speak with
> Minister Chagger, please contact her office to book an appointment.  She
> can be reached at: bardish.chagger at parl.gc.ca
>
> There is a letter to the editor in today's Record which you might be
> interested in.  It is a response to last Saturday's  article by Luisa
> D'Mato.  Here is the link:
>
> https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/8082043-broken-promises/
> <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.therecord.com%2Fopinion-story%2F8082043-broken-promises%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1dd7d98530044e055bf808d5601a72b8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636520589057355326&sdata=LaN70kTum25Z%2B%2BGFM7ZzuVj0wWbAD%2B19pu%2FcFWngLD4%3D&reserved=0>
>
> And, the one year anniversary of the government reneging on their promise
> to reform our electoral system is coming up on February 1st.  Join us for
> an Unhappy First Anniversary Party on Wed. Jan. 31st at the Bread & Rose's
> Co-Op (307 Queen St. S, Kitchener
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=307+Queen+St.+S,+Kitchener&entry=gmail&source=g>)
> in the Community Room at 7 p.m.  More on that latter!
>
> Till then,
>
> Sharon
> for FVC-WR
>
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