[fvc-wat-disc] Feb 1 Letter

[Bob Jonkman]

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Posted on the blog:

http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/first-anniversary-of-the-liberal-broken-election-reform-promise/

I couldn't find it in The Record, but David Arthur's letter was
published last week:

https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/8084450-trudeau-s-statements-are-insulting/

- --Bob.


On 2018-01-27 07:28 PM, Donald Fraser wrote:
> it went to roughly 450 newspapers ... some from really small
> communities from some of which I got the message "editor not in
> today ... back next week" ...
> 
> I used a big list  (attached) of editor emails which may be useful
> to us ... it's a bit out of date as several emails came back, but
> most of the addresses are OK
> 
> On 27 January 2018 at 14:15, Cathy Scott
> <cathy.scottfree at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Great letter, Don. I saw it in The Record. Cathy Scott
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Donald Fraser
>> <donaldafraser at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all ... just sent the following letter to every newspaper in
>>> Canada as promised
>>> 
>>> It's a bit risky because one can lose one's letter writing
>>> privileges to favourite recipients if found out, but the
>>> content was of national concern, so there is a basis for
>>> forgiveness if discovered
>>> 
>>> cheers, Don
>>> 
>>> ==================================================================
>>>
>>>
>>> 
Dear Editor,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Re: First Anniversary of the Liberal Broken Election Reform
>>> Promise
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On February 1, we remember sadly the first anniversary of
>>> Justin’s broken election promise who pledged so
>>> enthusiastically in his campaign that the 2016 election was the
>>> last under our antiquated “First-past-the-post” (FPTP) system.
>>> FPTP gave Harper a majority in 2011 with only 39.4% of the vote
>>> and gave Trudeau his present majority with only 39.6%.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In truth, the PM did not promise Proportional Representation
>>> (PR) which is the only fair system that makes every vote count
>>> equally by giving each Party the same percentage of seats in
>>> Ottawa as their votes won in the election. He did promise to
>>> look “fully and fairly” at our electoral system but, as became
>>> clear later, he actually preferred ranked ballot which under 
>>> most models would have given the Liberals, the centrist party
>>> of Canada, in excess of 200 seats instead of the 184 they
>>> received at election time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> During the election reform process, over 80% of the submissions
>>> made by interested and informed individuals across Canada
>>> indicated a decisive preference for PR. PR in Canada would
>>> almost certainly result in cooperative non-majority government
>>> and continuity in policy as opposed to the “policy pendulum” in
>>> which each new government cancels or guts the legislation of
>>> the previous one at great expense.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We need the stability of good long term planning, cooperation
>>> among MPs and sound, robust policy that PR brings.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Let us all insist on this change for the better.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yours Truly,
>>> 
>>> Donald A Fraser,
>>> 
>>> 184 Forsyth Drive,
>>> 
>>> Waterloo, Ontario,
>>> 
>>> N2L-1A2.
>>> 
>>> donaldafraser at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
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