[fvc-wat-disc] Response to Peter Hughes' letter

[ARI DAIGEN]

Not as far as I know Bryn--by all means, please go ahead!

>From: "Bryn Ossington" <bryn.ossington at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion 
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>To: "FVC Waterloo Region Discussion" <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
>Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Response to Peter Hughes' letter
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:33:03 -0400
>
>hey Ari Has anyone taken you up on this?
>
>Bryn
>
>On 10/1/07, ARI DAIGEN <adaigen at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Again, here's a letter in the Record today:
> > http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/249694
> >
> > I took the liberty of writing a response to it (below). I think this guy
> > unwittingly made a great case for MMP, and my response points that out.
> > Unfortunately, I've used up my quota with the Record until after the
> > referendum. If anyone out there (who maybe doesn't have time to write a
> > letter him/herself) would like to send this in to the Record under their
> > own
> > name, please go ahead. (letters at therecord.com) I think it's a point that
> > should be made.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Ari
> >
> > Here's the letter that could be sent:
> >
> > In his October 1 letter, Peter Hughes argues that NDP and Green 
>supporters
> > should vote Liberal because "in the Kitchener-Waterloo riding, a vote 
>for
> > NDP/Green is effectively a vote for the Progressive Conservatives."  He
> > also
> > argues that potential Conservative voters should vote Liberal because it
> > is
> > Liberals who will form the government, and only by having a government 
>MPP
> > will Kitchener-Waterloo be represented in provincial decisions.
> >
> > Choosing a candidate you don't like to avoid one you despise? No
> > representation in government if your riding elects an MPP from the wrong
> > party? The solution to these problems isn't to vote for any particular
> > party--it's to change the system.
> >
> > Hughes' letter shows that if we really want a say in how our province is
> > run, we must vote for a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system
> > in
> > the October 10 referendum.
> >
> >
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