[fvc-wat-disc] Meeting: Monday, August 26, 2019.

[Jonathan Cassels]

I also have to disagree with Cathy. We were there to ask for two specific
things (an NDP critic for Democratic Reform and a PR strategy committee)
and 5 minutes into the meeting she said "I'd love to champion that in the
caucus for you".

Later in the meeting, she very strongly implied that she knew the decision
to do it (at least to appoint a critic) had already been made by party
leadership and that there would be an announcement in the next week or so.

The only reservation I heard from her is that she didn't want to be the
critic personally. Other than that, I don't know how we could have had a
much more positive response.

-Jon

On Mon., Aug. 26, 2019, 10:50 a.m. Mary Jackes, <mkj at bell.net> wrote:

> Mmm - I think Catherine Fife expressed strong commitment to PR.
> Jonathon's proposal had apparently already been discussed favourably by
> the MPPs who were moving ahead on the matter.  She said only that the
> NDP will not have a policy on which particular PR type should be
> implemented.
>
> Best,  Mary
>
> On 2019-08-26 10:28 a.m., Catherine Campbell wrote:
> > Hi, Anita, A group of us met Catherine Fife on Friday 23. She seemed
> conciliatory. She didn’t seem strongly committed despite the NDP getting
> occasionally reduced to a rump in elections. Eg 1993 federal general
> election 6.88 percent popular vote, 9 seats. The federal NDP May also do
> poorly on October 21.  Can you please send a reminder of tonight’s meeting
> to everyone? Please bring all the cards you have which Don , I and others
> can take away to distribute as soon as possible. They are a sunk cost paid
> for by previous donations. The public needs the facts. I’m surprised I only
> learned at the Fair Vote booth at one of the festivals this summer that the
> only western democracies which don’t practice a form of PR are the USA, UK
> and Canada! I’ve been coming to meetings for four years! Go figure! Fair
> Vote needs to do more remedial teaching of members and voters. See you
> tonight. Regards, Cathe Campbell
> >
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