[fvc-wat-disc] My editorial was printed

[Anita Nickerson]

Encouraging to hear, Sharon. So glad you're doing the door to door - that
should carry weight with an MP.

Jay - great letter. Like how you balance what's in it for voters and what's
in it for Liberals.

Anita

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Sharon Sommerville <
sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for making those important connections in your letter Jay.
>
> Some of us are going door to door with a petition in support of Nathan
> Cullen's motion for parliament to adopt the ERRE committee's
> recommendations.  The response at the door is very encouraging.  The
> majority of people, ( 60-70%), sign the petition which asks Raj to vote for
> the motion. So many more people are aware of the issue, why it is important
> and what the range of consequences might be if we don't get this right than
> were aware of the issue say, two years ago.
>
> People understand fairness & equality and they understand what a broken
> promise means.  When an issue as dusty and seemingly remote as electoral
> reform is explained in a concrete manner,ie the majority of Cdns. are
> getting shafted and will continue to get shafted until we get an electoral
> system which translates the greatest possible number of votes into
> representation, people get it.
>
> Thanks for the letter Jay.  And a warm welcome to electoral reform
> advocacy!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sharon
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Decent timing with the recent survey that went out earlier...
>>
>> http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/7307272-the-power-of-
>> electoral-reform/
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