[fvc-wat-disc] Meeting with Bardish

Sat Nov 18 08:12:21 EST 2017

Thanks David, will pass that along.

Cheers,
Sharon

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:14 AM, David Dolson <ddolson at golden.net> wrote:

> I'm at 427 Brentcliffe Drive, Waterloo
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=427+Brentcliffe+Drive,+Waterloo&entry=gmail&source=g>
> .
>
>
> -Dave
> *From: *Sharon Sommerville
> *Sent: *Friday, November 17, 2017 8:08 PM
> *To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> *Reply To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> *Subject: *Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Meeting with Bardish
>
> Hi Cathe,
>
> That would be great, thank you!  Will
>
> Here is th email that I rec'd today from Bardish's constituency assistant:
>
> Hi Sharon,
>
>
>
> Thanks for your email and for your call the other day, could you please
> let me know some info about who would like to meet? Could you please also
> provide their Waterloo addresses for our records?
>
>
>
> Thanks and I hope you’re having a great day.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> In my experience, it is unheard of to screen constituents for a meeting
> with a MP.  Let me know if you want to provide Bardish's office with your
> address.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sharon
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Catherine Campbell <cdcampbell9 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I'd like to plan to see Bardish with you. I live in Waterloo
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 11:24 PM, Harold Remus <hremus at golden.net> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Sharon.
>> 500+ signatures is formidable, IMHO.
>>
>> I would like to come to the meeting with Bardish, but it depends on
>> transportation and the date and possible scheduling conflicts.
>>
>> How to address that pesky qu. of a referendum.   People blindly point to
>> the Ont and BC as negative examples.  Getting into the details glazes
>> people’s eyes over.  And of course, you say you are for “democracy”---well,
>> referendum....
>>
>> PM:  the decision his to make.  No. 45: deciding to pull out of the Paris
>> climate agreement.  Expletive!
>> hr
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sharon Sommerville <sharonsommerville at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 13, 2017 7:37 AM
>> *To:* FVC Waterloo Region Discussion <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Our Meeting With Raj Saini
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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