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

Sat May 6 22:02:34 EDT 2017

YES!  I vote for that.  Please download however you download so we can have
a mirror.

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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