[fvc-wat-disc] Invite Bob Hepburn to talk?

[Catherine Campbell]

Resubmit it with your phone number, Dave. And call Ron DeRuyter and innocently ask if he’s planning on printing it. 

> On Jun 21, 2018, at 10:06 AM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:
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> Doesn’t look promising for my letter.
> Nothing from The Star.
> The Record called and it sounded like they were planning to print it but haven’t yet.
> I am suspicious that criticism of their columnists facts and truth spells no.
> Dave
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> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> From: Catherine Campbell
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 1:17 AM
> To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Invite Bob Hepburn to talk?
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> Excellent letter, Dave
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> 
> On Jun 17, 2018, at 10:35 PM, Sharon Sommerville <sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Dave, it is very good.   Hope that the Star prints it, you could also send it to The Record.
>  
> Cheers,
> S.
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> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:
> I sent out this letter to The Star earlier today for comments but maybe sent it to the wrong group address.
> Let me know your thoughts.
> I know it’s over the 150 word limit but couldn’t pare it down any more.
> Maybe they’ll let it go.
> Dave A
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> More misinformation against electoral reform.
> Chrystia Freeland says “Facts and truth matter.” Bob Hepburn’s column ‘Rejecting  the siren call for electoral reform’ rejects both.
> Hepburn points to five risks, all as distorted as the election results under our current system.
> First, minority governments have served Canada well and tiny parties do not get enough votes to meet the threshold required in most of the 90% of developed democracies using proportional systems. Pointing to atypical countries like Israel and Italy is misleading.
> Second, Canada has one of the lowest voter turnouts in the world while most countries using PR where all votes count and strategic voting is not a factor have significantly higher voter turnouts.
> Third, extreme right-wing parties are unlikely to gain oversized influence. Research shows governments elected under PR systems have more cooperation, consensus, and better long-range planning.
> Fourth, PR systems, including MMP, have various methods of awarding, not appointing, MMPs that can give voters more choice, more representation, and better balance of urban and rural interests.
> Fifth, B.C.’s 2005 referendum approved change to PR with 58% but was denied by the government that had won its election under FPTP with 39% of votes and required 60%. PEI’s referendum voted 52% for MMP but had voter turnout too low to be accepted. Ontario’s 2007 referendum, due to poor preparation by the government, was a fiasco. 70% of Ontarians did not know what the referendum was about and only 10% understood the proposed MMP system.
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> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> From: Sharon Sommerville
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 1:13 PM
> To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Invite Bob Hepburn to talk?
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> Hello All,
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> Would it be of interest to invite Bob Hepburn to discuss PR with Dennis Pilon or the journalist that wrote that supportive article in the Star?
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> It would be interesting.
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> Cheers,
> S.
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