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

Fri Nov 17 11:04:31 EST 2017

Hi,

I may be able to join for the meeting with Bardish - been working with her
office on another issue as well. I'm in Waterloo, so this is my riding. :)

Thanks,

SJM

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:31 AM Sharon Sommerville <
sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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-electoral-reform/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=3528e8591d67497a803a18f64ef78a18&uid=756912124761370624&nid=244+272699400
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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