[fvc-wat-disc] The Vote Has Been Counted And The Question Is What Do Liberals Stand For?
Evan Rosamond
erosamond at worldline.ca
Thu Jun 1 11:01:40 EDT 2017
There's also
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/sean-casey-electoral-reform-1.4140596
from PEI about Sean Casey's part in the debacle.
On 6/1/2017 8:44 AM, Jennifer Ross wrote:
> http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/31/liberal-electoral-reform-pledge-ndp-vote_n_16900086.html
>
> All I could find.
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net
> <mailto:arthurd23 at bell.net>> wrote:
>
> Has anyone seen any reference at all in any of the media about the
> result of the vote yesterday on the ERRE recommendations?
> What does that say?
> Dave
> *From:* Jennifer Ross
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:39 PM
> *To:* FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> *Cc:* fvc-wat-announce at listserv.thinkers.org
> *Subject:* Re: [fvc-wat-disc] The Vote Has Been Counted And The
> Question Is What Do Liberals Stand For?
> Further to that, we had a provincial election in Nova Scotia
> yesterday or the day before. In spite of a laundry list of
> improvements made by Elections Nova Scotia, turnout plummeted.
>
> Read this article and especially the comments!
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/record-low-voter-turn-out-nova-scotia-1.4139626
> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/record-low-voter-turn-out-nova-scotia-1.4139626>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Sharon Sommerville
> <sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear FairVoting Supporters,
> Today, the House of Commons voted 159 to 146 against adopting
> the recommendations of the Electoral Reform Committee. Two
> Liberal MPs voted for the motion: Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
> (Beaches-East York) and Sean Casey (Charlottetown). Our
> thanks to MPs Erskine-Smith and Casey for keeping the promise
> they campaigned on and standing up for what they believe in.
> Our local Liberal MPs did not support the motion. We have
> heard a variety of reasons: couldn't support an NDP motion,
> couldn't support a referendum and no national consensus on
> change or a voting system.
> We elected the Liberal Party to offer leadership on electoral
> reform. For electoral reform, leadership means making the case
> for change. Instead of leading, the LPC hid behind a bogus
> consultation process and claimed there was no consensus.
> Strengthening Canada's democracy through establishing a fair
> and equitable electoral system is non-partisan issue because
> democracy is a non-partisan issue.
> There are a number of ways to deal with a referendum if there
> is the will to do so but if you are looking for a backdoor,
> you will find one.
> *The movement toward a fair voting system for Canada isn't
> over, it isn't even close.*
> *
> *
> More Canadians than ever understand the need for electoral
> reform. We will keep working until Canada has an electoral
> system that serves Canadians not just the two largest
> political parties. This issue is alive and will be an
> election issue in 2019.
> Tonight Liberal MPs across the country should be asking
> themselves what they actually stand for; as Anita Nickerson's
> outstanding letter in yesterday's Record said: if you don't
> represent your campaign promises and you don't represent the
> evidence and you don't represent the wishes of your
> constituents, what do you represent?
> See the full letter here:
> https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7341308-government-should-keep-its-promise/
> So many thanks to everyone who phoned their MPs, who put in
> hours canvassing, who visited your MP or wrote letters to the
> Record and their MP. What an amazing effort and a great
> campaign! Thank you all!
> FVC-WR will be at the tri-Pride festival this Saturday from
> noon to 8 pm in Victoria Park. It is always a great day and
> the weather promises to be sunny and warm. Please come and
> see us there!
> Onward!
> Sharon
> for FVC-WR
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