[fvc-wat-disc] Our Meeting With Raj Saini

[Corliss Olson]

Hi Sharon,

I have been faithfully following activities on your posts, but my schedule
has just not allowed me to join in the various activities. I would be
interested in joining the group for the next lobbying effort with Ms.
Chaggar, assuming the time works out for me. Had a brief but pleasant chat
with her on Labour Day & she more or less said, "make us do it."

Nice work on you meeting with Raj, BTW.

Corliss

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Sharon Sommerville <
sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> That is great news, thank you.  Will put you on the list and keep you
> updated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Sharon
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 4:11 PM, David Dolson <ddolson at golden.net> wrote:
>
>> Sharon,
>> Please put me on the list to visit Ms. Chaggar. She is my representative.
>>
>>
>> -Dave
>> *From: *Sharon Sommerville
>> *Sent: *Sunday, November 12, 2017 9:28 AM
>> *To: *fvc-wat-announce at listserv.thinkers.org;
>> fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
>> *Reply To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
>> *Subject: *[fvc-wat-disc] Our Meeting With Raj Saini
>>
>> Hello Fairvoting Friends,
>>
>> On Friday afternoon, a group of nine of us meet with Raj Saini, (L) MP
>> for Kitchener Centre. Nine folks pretty much fills Raj's office!  We
>> presented Raj with this summer's petition which asked that his party keep
>> their campaign promise and enact legislation to change our electoral system
>> in time for 2019.  There were well over 500 signatures on the petition.
>>
>> Our message was strong, clear, passionate and respectful. Each of us had
>> time to speak directly to Raj about why they care about electoral reform.
>> Those comments were very powerful.
>>
>> People spoke about the inevitability of electoral reform as our own
>> experience and recent polls (In late Oct. Insights West found that 67% of
>> Cdns. want the Liberal government to keep its promise on electoral
>> reform, in early Oct. Angus Reid found the same) & the evidence that
>> supports change, one of us emphasized that this is a legacy issue as his
>> father before him established by patriating our Constitution and raised
>> the question of what side of history do you and your party want to be on?,
>> one of us asked him, "I know, that you know that PR is the way to go to
>> establish a fair electoral system, what happen?".  One of us asked, what
>> can we do to help you support PR?.  One wanted to finally, after 40 years
>> of voting, to be represented by someone they voted for.
>>
>>
>> We addressed Trudeau's statement that the decision to renege on the
>> promise of electoral reform was his to make and he made it because they
>> weren't going to be able to institute Alternative Vote (June 2017, Iqaluit,
>> Nunavut).  We raised the anti-democratic nature of that statement. Raj
>> spoke about the threat of a referendum being the justification for not
>> moving forward with electoral reform. We knew that because the Liberals
>> were unwilling to negotiate with the NDP & Greens to bring about the ERRE
>> recommendations, the NDP & Greens brokered a deal with the
>> Conservatives. To bring in a majority report from the ERRE committee,
>> the price was a referendum.
>>
>> Raj promised to present our petition to the House and speak with the
>> Minister of Democratic Institutions about our concerns.  We thank Raj for
>> taking those actions and for the respectful conversation we had on Friday.
>>
>> There is interest in putting a group together to speak with Bardish
>> Chagger (L) Waterloo. If anyone is interested in going to meet with
>> Minister Chagger, please let me know and we will arrange a meeting.  You
>> can reach me at:
>>
>>  sharonsommerville at gmail.com
>>
>> A sincere thank you to the eight fair voting supporters who attended
>> Friday's meeting.  Everyone's passion, honesty and determination is
>> inspiring.
>>
>> Attached is a wonderful video of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come",
>> just in case you need a little inspiration right now.  And, you can see a
>> photo of our team outside Raj's office at FVC-WR's website.  The link is
>> also attached.
>>
>> With thanks to all our supporters for your continued support as we work
>> toward building a better Canada.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Sharon
>> for FVC-WR
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
>>
>> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/reminding-raj-saini-about-electora
>> l-reform/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=3
>> 528e8591d67497a803a18f64ef78a18&uid=756912124761370624&nid=244+272699400
>>
>>
>>
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