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

Sat May 6 21:59:25 EDT 2017

It's a good idea to make a copy of everything just in case for one day -
because I am paranoid. They had the educational site about the
consultations. They archived that but before they did they erased sentences
about why FPTP needs to go. Like, if they delete that, the problem no
longer exists.

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l at russwurm.org>
wrote:

> 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> 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
>> 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>
>> > 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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