[fvc-wat-disc] NDP open to referendum...

[Jennifer Ross]

It is Fair Vote Canada's position that, no referendum that includes FPTP,
unless done two or three elections after using a proportional system.

I may not have that verbatim, but it is pretty darn close.

And to further the context; consider that opponents to PR have taxpayer
money they are spending.  As the civil society advocates, we are spending
our own money.  We have played the referendum game four times now.  Twice
we won the referendum, but lost the goal.  Most recently as this very
month, in PEI.

There is no way to win proportional representation with a referendum.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:

> I still fear a referendum of a public that is uninformed could spell the
> end of reform for many years.
> If the government carries out an information campaign, including with
> their postcard mailout, that presents the input given to the committee
> throughout the last months, maybe it would succeed as did PEI.
> Dave A
>
> *From:* Eleanor Grant
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:50 PM
> *To:* fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> *Subject:* [fvc-wat-disc] NDP open to referendum...
>
>
> Just saw this via Twitter:
>
> http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/canada/canadian-
> politics/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/
> canadian-politics/ndp-says-its-willing-to-support-an-
> electoral-reform-referendum-reversing-previous-position
>
> Apparently they'd consider a referendum IFF it brings about consensus on
> ERRE.
>
> Sounds as if, with Dec 1 looming, discussions are still intense.
>
> Eleanor
>
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