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

[STUART CHANDLER]

Sorry but I'm away this week.

Best wishes to you who do attend.

Cheers.
Stu.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 4:18 PM Jonathan Cassels, <cassels.jon at gmail.com>
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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