[fvc-wat-disc] Motion to Concur with Election Reform Committee Report
Laurel L. Russwurm
laurel.l at russwurm.org
Sat May 6 21:52:52 EDT 2017
I don't know about the archiving concern... the ERRE links I have are
active:
Home Page
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE
Meetings
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Meetings
Work
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Work
*STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY IN CANADA: PRINCIPLES, PROCESS AND PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT FOR ELECTORAL REFORM*
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8655791
Members
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Members?membershipOn=2016-08-12
If there is concern it will disappear, might it be an idea to download
it so if it does disappear FVC can host a mirror?
Regards,
Laurel
On 05/06/2017 04:25 PM, Anita Nickerson wrote:
> I doubt it will be there. They've archived that whole committee in
> hopes it disappears.
>
> I agree about calling it the Keep Your Promise motion, even though
> technically of course it will be called something like "motion to
> concur with..."
>
> Anita
>
> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com
> <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>> wrote:
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> I expect that further happenings about the ERRE Report will be listed
> on the website at
>
> http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=9
> <http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=9>
> 013025
>
> The report is officially entitled "Strengthening Democracy in Canada :
> Principles, Process and Public Engagement for Electoral Reform" --
> what you said about marketing!
>
> - --Bob.
>
>
> On 2017-05-06 01:52 PM, Jay Judkowitz 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
> <mailto:2jennross at gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Keep your Promise?
> >>
> >> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Jay Judkowitz
> >> <judkowitz at gmail.com <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto: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 <mailto:donaldafraser at gmail.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> 519-576-9210 <tel:519-576-9210> <(519)%20576-9210>
> >>>>
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