[fvc-wat-disc] Letters to the Editor

[Bob Jonkman]

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CBC Radio catches up:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/canada-waterloo-proportional-representation-democracy-1.3983859

Craig Norris says there were "dozens of protestors in Carl Zehr Square
this weekend". Technically correct. Easily two dozen dozen protestors.

And Mariam Mufti goes to great lengths to explain closed list, whole
country PR, and, when used with multi-member ridings is what Trudeau
means by "ranked ballot". <sigh>

- --Bob.

On 2017-02-13 04:17 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> It *was* good to see so many of you at the rally.
> 
> There are pictures at
> 
> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/pictures-from-the-national-day-of-action-on-electoral-reform/
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> 
> 
> and
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> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/more-pictures-of-the-national-day-of-action-on-electoral-reform-11-feb-2017/
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> If you're on Facebook there's more pictures at
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158223387075346.1073741827.272005040345
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> I think I've caught up on our media mentions - check 
> http://fairvotewrc.ca/media to see if I've missed any.
> 
> I'll start posting your unpublished letters on the blog later this 
> week. Keep them coming!
> 
> 
> Finally, don't forget about the poll to pick a date for our next 
> meeting on Tactics.  Poll closes on Wednesday; I'll post the
> results here Wednesday after midnight (Thursday morning).
> 
> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/choose-a-date-for-the-fair-vote-waterloo-campaign-tactics-meeting/
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> 
> 
> --Bob.
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> 
> 
> On 2017-02-11 09:04 AM, STUART CHANDLER wrote:
>> Thanks Bob. See ya at City Hall. Best wishes. Stu
> 
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. 
>> Original Message From: Bob Jonkman Sent: Saturday, February 11, 
>> 2017 3:16 AM To: Fair Vote Waterloo Region Discussion Reply To:
>> FVC Waterloo Region Discussion Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Letters to
>> the Editor
> 
>> There are many letters and OpEds in The Waterloo Region Record
>> this week:
> 
>> Don Fraser: Canadians car about voter reform 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7112181-canadians-care-about-voter-reform/
>
>>  Ronald Bowman: Campaign built on broken promises 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7109689-campaign-built-on-broken-promises/
>
>>  Jon Bathmaker: Alternative vote 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7124068-alternative-vote/
> 
>> Mike Szarka: The value of your vote 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7124089-the-value-of-your-vote/
>
>>  Barry Kay: Compromise needed in electoral reform 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7124048-compromise-needed-in-electoral-reform/
>
>>  Sharon Sommerville and Bob Jonkman: Canadians want electoral 
>> reform 
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7123925-canadians-want-electoral-reform/
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>> 
> 
> 
>> I'm sure I've missed some, and others from different
>> publications. Let me know what I've missed (preferable with a
>> link to the source), and I'll post them on our Media page: 
>> http://fairvotewrc.ca/media/
> 
> 
>> If you've written a letter to the editor but it hasn't been 
>> published we'd love to have it as an article on our Web site!
>> You can register and log in, then you can copy'n'paste your
>> letter right into a "New Post". If you have trouble, let me know.
>> I may even do the copy'n'paste for you.
> 
>> --Bob, who's going to be a little busy over the next few days.
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