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

Fri Nov 17 17:24:47 EST 2017

That's great Stephanie, thank you.  I will put you on the meeting list and
keep you updated.

Kind regards,
Sharon

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Stephanie Janzen-Martin <
stephanie at janzenmartin.net> wrote:

> 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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