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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">That's fantastic!! Party co-operation could lead to huge positive developments for electoral reform and Canadian politics!! I will hopefully see you Thursday night and lets have a good turnout!!</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Shannon</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> fvc-wat-announce-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org [fvc-wat-announce-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org] On Behalf Of Anita [lanickerson@b2b2c.ca]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [fvc-wat-announce] Cooperate for Canada Event Thursday February 16 7 PM<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Dear Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">This is not<em> </em>a Fair Vote Canada Waterloo event, but it is a first in Canada, and the topic is deeply connected and related to the mission of Fair Vote Canada. I am hoping this will be of high interest to many of you.
Please, come have your say - share your support, your concern, or get help to make up your mind - on the movement for party cooperation that is catching fire across Canada!
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">And share widely.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Anita and Jenn</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Citizens for Cross-Party Cooperation KW</font></div>
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<p style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font color="#000000"><font face="Impact, sans-serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 72pt" size="7"><b><span style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%">Cooperate for Canada</span></b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 32pt" size="7"><b>Thursday February 16, 7 PM</b></font></p>
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<p style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="left"><font size="4"><b>Exploring Why and How the Parties Should Work Together to Form a Government that Reflects a Shared Vision of the Majority, with a Commitment to Immediate Action on Proportional
Representation</b></font></p>
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<p style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align="center"><font size="5"><b>Featuring:</b></font></p>
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<font style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt" size="6"><font color="#c5000b"><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><b>Liberal</b></font></font></font><font color="#c5000b"><font face="Arial"><font size="5">:</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="2">
</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="4">John Deverell, Policy Director of the Pickering-Scarborough East federal Liberal Association</font></font></font></p>
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<font size="2"><font color="#ff420e"><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><b>NDP:</b></font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="5">
</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Jamie Heath, Nathan Cullen Campaign Manager, former Research and Communications Director to Jack Layton,</font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font color="#5c8526"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size="5"><b><font size="5">Green</font>:</b></font></font><font color="#5c8526">:</font>
<font size="4">Katherine Acheson, Campaign Manager for Elizabeth May</font></font></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Arial"></font><font size="2" face="Arial"></font><img style="WIDTH: 107px; HEIGHT: 34px" border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="cid:7B144F84ECF149CDA30DF02E8AE6D36F@kw4e38d3f19858" width="107" height="49"><font size="4" face="Arial">
Matthew Carroll, Director of the Leadnow Campaign "Cooperate for Canada"</font></p>
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<b><font size="5">Speakers to be followed by Q+A and town hall style discussion</font></b></p>
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<font size="3">Free event, no registration, everyone welcome. More info: <a href="mailto:lanickerson@b2b2c.ca">
lanickerson@b2b2c.ca</a></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">More info:</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">You may be interested in a groundbreaking event we’re convening this Thursday in Kitchener-Waterloo.<br>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen has attracted attention by proposing the unthinkable – opposition party cooperation. He wants the NDP, Liberals and Greens to run jointly nominated candidates to defeat the
Conservative federal government and bring in democratic voting reform. </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Leadnow.ca just floated the party cooperation idea to their supporters, first on social media and then in a survey to their 80,000 supporters. Based on an overwhelming "yes", they have
just launched the campaign "Cooperate for Canada", which has gained thousands of supporters in a few days.
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Apparently ordinary Canadians are willing not only to support party cooperation but to join the NDP, Liberal and Green parties to bend the ears of the people whot make the decisions.
Grassroots groups are springing up across Canada to help launch this initiative.</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">The parties may not be happy about this, but voters want a Parliament which works for them.</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">"Cooperate for Canada" is the
</font></font><em><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">first event in Canada</font></font></em><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"> in which someone from each of the centre-left parties, plus Leadnow, will speak publicly about the need
<font face="Bauhaus 93">to explore </font>party cooperation to defeat the Conservatives and show how it can be done.</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"> We’d be very happy to see you at the meeting on Thursday.</font></font></p>
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