[fvc-wat-disc] Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report

[Jay Judkowitz]

I know that  :-)

I was referring to the motion itself​ once it's introduced.

On May 6, 2017 2:32 PM, "Jennifer Ross" <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is called the Keep your Promise Tour :)
>
> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That would work for me :-)  I hope Mr. Cullen puts his marketing hat on.
>> He needs to make this easy for the press to cover and for readers to digest.
>>
>> On May 6, 2017 1:45 PM, "Jennifer Ross" <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Keep your Promise?
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm worried about public visibility on this.
>>>> "Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report" shows up in 0
>>>> searches in news.google.ca and on twitter
>>>>
>>>> Is there some popular (and digestible) name for this that we can mail
>>>> and tweet about and talk to neighbors about?  How would the average
>>>> Canadian citizen know this is happening and that they can still influence
>>>> the outcome?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Donald Fraser <donaldafraser at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nathan Cullen, in his recent gathering at KPL re the Parliamentary
>>>>> vote on his "Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report",
>>>>> indicated that he had 20 'target' Liberal MPs who, in his opinion, might
>>>>> vote to concur.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, for reasons of his own, he did not want to reveal his list
>>>>> ... maybe because he would be breaking one or many confidences.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to reach out to those 'target' MPs to encourage them to vote
>>>>> their conscience, so today I have started to send the following Email to
>>>>> all non-Cabinet MPs (assuming none of them are on his target list and might
>>>>> be alarmed at its content)
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the last mailout, I have had to update the mailing list I sent
>>>>> you with all the changes in the Liberal Caucus. I have attached this new
>>>>> list in case you want to use it. (.doc and .pdf)
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> Don
>>>>>
>>>>> ===============================
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello (Liberal MPname),
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am writing to you concerning a coming motion in Parliament to
>>>>> “concur” with the Report of the Electoral Reform (ER) Committee.
>>>>> Traditionally such a vote has always been a free vote.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Voting to concur will allow the subject of ER to regain Parliamentary
>>>>> attention. 88% of the contributors to the ER process recommended
>>>>> Proportional Representation (PR) as Canada’s new means of choosing
>>>>> its MPs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am asking you to vote your conscience and recommend that the report
>>>>> be accepted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just two short years ago the Liberal Party was in third place
>>>>> demonstrating that our fickle First Past the Post (FPTP) system is unstable
>>>>> and subject to emotional mood swings of the electorate. This causes many
>>>>> problems such as the Policy Pendulum, strategic voting, discouraged and
>>>>> disenfranchised voters, lack of long term planning etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With the growing danger of Trumpism spreading to Canada as evidenced
>>>>> in the platforms of several Conservative leadership candidates, we need to
>>>>> protect our country by introducing coalition government which is an almost
>>>>> guaranteed outcome of PR.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yours Truly,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Donald A Fraser
>>>>>
>>>>> 184 Forsyth Drive,
>>>>>
>>>>> Waterloo, Ontario,
>>>>>
>>>>> N2L-1A2,
>>>>>
>>>>> donaldafraser at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> 519-576-9210 <(519)%20576-9210>
>>>>>
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