[fvc-wat-disc] New Mandate Letter for the Hon. Karina Gould

[Paul Nijjar]

Jennifer and Sharon and other people who have worked on Liberal
campaigns in the past have more leverage than those of us who just
voted strategically for the Liberals (or those who did not vote for
them at all). In addition to being delightful people they have good
connections within the party. There are other disaffected Liberal
campaign organizers as well.  

Is there any sense in FVC (or LeadNow, or somebody) putting together a
pledge/petition signed by people who donated money or worked for
Liberal campaigns in the past?  This pledge would state that these
campaign workers/funders are withdrawing their support for the federal
Liberals in the next election. My previous cynicism still stands, but
maybe promising not to organize on behalf of Liberal candidates means
more than promising not to vote for them. 

I called Raj Saini's office (and got through to a human, which was a
miracle) and expressed my discontent. I also talked to somebody who
worked on Saini's campaign and asked him to express his. Saini and the
other local Libs know that they are in a hotbed of electoral reform,
and they are probably expecting the backlash. But we can at least
flood their phones for a couple of days with our threats. 

- Paul 

On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 05:38:32PM -0500, Anita Nickerson wrote:
> If we don't DO something dramatic like tell people to give money to the NDP
> and Greens now - something that seriously puts something on the line in way
> of consequences for the Liberals now - not "oh maybe people will remember 3
> years from now" - then we might as well not bother.
> 
> They don't care about our press releases saying we're disappointed and
> angry. They don't care about evidence. They don't care about promises.
> 
> What do they care about?
> 
> Money, power.
> 
> We may not have enough people to make an impact but it says one thing to
> them: We're not idiots. We tried communicating with you based on these
> other ways. Now we will speak your language.
> 
> Anita
>