[fvc-wat-disc] Fwd: Electoral Reform is important

[Sharon Sommerville]

Hi Eleanor,

Very well done!  Thank you for sending a respectful and clear message about
what you want and reminding the ERRE that thousands of Cdns. expressed
support for PR during the consultation period.

Best regards,
Sharon



On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Eleanor Grant <eleanor7000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What I wrote to ERRE committee ...
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Eleanor Grant" <eleanor7000 at gmail.com>
> Date: 26 Oct 2016 17:53
> Subject: Electoral Reform is important
> To: <Aldag.J at parl.gc.ca>, <scarpaleggia.f at parl.gc.ca>, <
> sahota.r at parl.gc.ca>, <DeCourcey.M at parl.gc.ca>, <Romanado.S at parl.gc.ca>
> Cc: <bardish.chagger at parl.gc.ca>, <pm at pm.gc.ca>
>
> To Liberal members of ERRE,
>
> Thank you for all the diligent work you and your colleagues have done to
> investigate the subject of electoral reform for Canada.
>
> It was disturbing to hear the Prime Minister say last week that he's not
> sure if Canadians still care about electoral reform.
>
> I assure you many of us do, and we are eagerly awaiting your committee's
> recommendation.
>
> Town halls across the country were packed; here in Kitchener-Waterloo we
> had 300 people out on a hot summer evening, with all our MPs and Minister
> Monsef in attendance.
>
> Overwhelmingly, citizens here and across Canada expressed a preference for
> *Proportional Representation*.  Whether "MMP" or "STV", or variations on
> these, wasn't important - as long as the distribution of parties' seats in
> Parliament approximately reflects the popular vote.  This is key, for
> elections to be perceived as fair by voters.
>
> I urge you to listen to the citizens who came out to your meetings, as
> well as to the majority of your expert witnesses - and make a
> recommendation for a proportional representation form of voting system to
> be implemented in the 2019 federal election.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Eleanor Grant
> Waterloo Ontario
>
> cc PM Trudeau
> cc Hon Bardish Chagger MP
>
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