[fvc-wat-disc] fvc-wat-disc Digest, Vol 79, Issue 1

[Allan Grose]

My email address is lloyal8 at gmail.com
Allan

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Allan Grose <lloyal8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>   I am interested in your proposal to discuss proportional representation
> more deeply.  My concern is that it might require the addition of dozens of
> additional people to the legislature in Ottawa.  If each member of
> parliament costs the taxpayers a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year,
> plus pensions after they retire, perhaps the additional cost would be
> unjustified.  What other kind of electoral reform might be possible, I
> wonder.
> Allan Grose  lloyal8"gmail.com
>
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>> From: doug moen <doug at moens.org>
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>> With the election coming up, I've done a lot of thinking about democratic
>> and electoral reform in Canada, and I'm looking for a group of people to
>> discuss this with. Fair Vote Waterloo looks like a good place to start.
>> This group has no meetings scheduled, so is the mailing list the best
>> place
>> to have a conversation? I would also be interested in getting together
>> with
>> a group of people to have a discussion, either by organizing a meeting, or
>> joining some group who is already doing this.
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>> This group seems focused on proportional representation as the best way to
>> reform the electoral system. Not sure how you all feel about the ranked
>> ballot? I'm also more generally interested in democratic reform: ending
>> the
>> dictatorship of the PMO and giving power back to our elected
>> representatives in the house of parliament.
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>> Doug Moen.
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>> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:01:44 -0400
>> From: Paul Schellenberg <pjschell at sympatico.ca>
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>> I would be interested in joining a group to discuss democratic and
>> electoral reform.
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>> I do not support ranked ballots.
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>> Paul Schellenberg
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>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:43 AM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
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>> > With the election coming up, I've done a lot of thinking about
>> democratic and electoral reform in Canada, and I'm looking for a group of
>> people to discuss this with. Fair Vote Waterloo looks like a good place to
>> start. This group has no meetings scheduled, so is the mailing list the
>> best place to have a conversation? I would also be interested in getting
>> together with a group of people to have a discussion, either by organizing
>> a meeting, or joining some group who is already doing this.
>> >
>> > This group seems focused on proportional representation as the best way
>> to reform the electoral system. Not sure how you all feel about the ranked
>> ballot? I'm also more generally interested in democratic reform: ending the
>> dictatorship of the PMO and giving power back to our elected
>> representatives in the house of parliament.
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>> > Doug Moen.
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