[fvc-wat-disc] The Government Wants To Know!

[Laurel L. Russwurm]

Dear Paul:

Here's the thing: Canada is really big, and part of the business of 
governing a really bug country is not ignoring the hard to get to bits, 
like Nunavut.   If it is expensive for government to send a committee 
there, think how much harder it might be for the people who live there 
to get to Ottawa.

    The members of the Legislative Assembly ofNunavut
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut>are also elected individually;
    there are no parties and the legislature is consensus-based. The
    head of Nunavut’s government is a premier, who is elected by and
    from the the elected members of the legislative assembly.

    What an amazing idea! Why don’t we adopt this system for the country?

    --  "Canadian Electoral Reform #1: If I ran the zoo… er country" 
    (from one of my earliest Whoa!Canada blog posts)
    https://whoacanada.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/canadian-electoral-reform-1-if-i-ran-the-zoo-er-country/

Assuming they haven't adopted FPTP since 2010, far as I can see, Nunavut 
is one of the places the Committee needs to go to learn about other ways 
of doing government.

I too hope FVC is doing something about getting people to these 
consultation stops.

Regards,
Laurel



On 08/03/2016 07:40 PM, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> Thanks for the update, Laurel. This is important news.
>
> Is FVC doing anything to make sure there is going to be good
> representation at these stops from people sympathetic to PR?
>
> I agree that some of the stops are weird, but the selection does not
> look completely out of whack. That Iqaluit stop is awful expensive,
> though.
>
> Would it make sense for a group from Waterloo Region to attend the
> Toronto committee meeting?
>
> Has anybody gotten word of when this mysterious meeting with Minister
> Monsef will be held? (Watch it be Sept 8 out of spite.)
>
> - Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:22:42PM -0400, Laurel L. Russwurm wrote:
>> It certainly looks as though the ERRE Committee will NOT be stopping
>> in Waterloo Region:
>>
>>     It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of viable alternate
>>     voting systems, mandatory voting and online voting, the following
>>     travel budgets be adopted:
>>
>>     • Regina (SK), St-Pierre Jolys (MB), Winnipeg (MB), Toronto (ON),
>>     Québec (QC), and Joliette (QC): $ 137,111.80
>>
>>     • Whitehorse (YT), Victoria (BC), Vancouver (BC), LeDuc (AB),
>>     Yellowknife(NT): $ 162,667.05
>>
>>     • Montréal (QC), St. John’s (NL), Halifax (NS), Charlottetown (PE),
>>     Fredericton (NB) $ 130,711.80
>>
>>     • Iqaluit ((NU) $ 109 517.50.
>>
>>     It was agreed, — That, should the Board of Internal Economy adopt
>>     these budgets, the Analysts and the Clerks, in consultation with the
>>     Chair, prepare a news release for publication on the Committee’s
>>     website, announcing the cities that will be visited.
>>
>>     It was agreed, — That, the Committee hire two (2) research
>>     assistants for the period of June 21 to December 1, 2016, for a
>>     total amount not to exceed $ 58,300.00.
>>
>>     It was agreed, — That, a proposed budget in the amount of $
>>     80,250.00 for the study of electoral reform be adopted.
>>
>> http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8396591
>>
>
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