[fvc-wat-disc] My editorial was printed

[Donald Fraser]

Well done, Jay ... thanks!

On 12 May 2017 at 22:41, Anita Nickerson <anitann88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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