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

Mon Nov 13 08:30:28 EST 2017

Hi Corliss,

Thanks for being in touch, good to hear from you and glad that you continue
to follow what is going on with electoral reform in our area.

Will put you on the list for joining the meeting with Minister Chagger.  I
will call this week to make an appointment and keep you posted on date and
time.

Bardish's comment, "make us do it" is intriguing, would like to explore
that with you when we next meet.  Don't suppose she gave any idea of how to
"make us do it"? :)

Will be in touch soon.

Till then,
Sharon

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 8:00 PM, Corliss Olson <cpolson11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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