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

[Sharon Sommerville]

Thank you Cathy.

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Cathy Scott <cathy.scottfree at gmail.com>
wrote:

> HI, Sharon
>
> Thanks for the information about the meeting with Raj.
>
> It sounds like it went well.  I’m glad there were enough people to fill
> the room.
>
> See you soon
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
> *From:* fvc-wat-disc [mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces at listserv.thinkers.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Sharon Sommerville
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 12, 2017 9:27 AM
> *To:* fvc-wat-announce at listserv.thinkers.org; fvc-wat-disc at listserv.
> thinkers.org
> *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.
>
>
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> 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.
>
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>
> 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
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
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> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/reminding-raj-saini-about-
> electoral-reform/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=
> 3528e8591d67497a803a18f64ef78a18&uid=756912124761370624&nid=244+272699400
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