[fvc-wat-disc] Can anyone attend a meeting with Catherine Fife @ 1130 on Aug 23rd?

[Donald Fraser]

count me in ... see you Friday

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 19:40, Jonathan Cassels <cassels.jon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Amazing.
> That's five, and I told Catherine it wouldn't be more than five, so I
> think that's our contingent. Myself, Jennifer Ross, Catherine Campbell,
> Mary Jackes and David Lubell. I'll see you all on Friday at Catherine
> Fife's office.
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 19:25, Mary Jackes <mkj at bell.net> wrote:
>
>> David Lubell is also happy to meet Catherine.
>>
>> Mary.
>> On 2019-08-19 4:18 p.m., Jonathan Cassels wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I've set up a meeting with Catherine Fife at her office in Waterloo on
>> August 23rd at 11:30am. I'm looking for a small number of local FVC people
>> who would be willing and able to attend with me.
>>
>> This meeting is part of an effort to get the Ontario NDP to set up a PR
>> Strategy Committee, and to appoint an MPP as an Electoral Reform critic at
>> Queen's Park. For various reasons, the timing seems right for us to push
>> for this right now, so that's what we're doing.
>>
>> I'm sure this will be discussed in detail at our meeting next Monday, but
>> the short version is that some members of FVC (myself included) met with
>> Michael Balagus (Andrea Horwath's chief of staff) and he seemed receptive.
>> We're now meeting with a number of MPPs to build enthusiasm for the general
>> idea in caucus and (if we're lucky) convince some MPPs that Electoral
>> Reform Critic is a role they'd like.
>>
>> Ideally, I'd like us to go as a group of 3-5. Anyone is welcome, but MPPs
>> listen closer if the people speaking are from their riding -- so the more
>> people who live in Waterloo the better. Also, since this meeting is trying
>> to influence NDPs internal policy, I'd *prefer* it if a majority of the
>> people who attend support the NDP.
>>
>> Please let me know quickly if you're interested in attending. Catherine's
>> office is asking me for numbers.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan Cassels
>>
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