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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You are right, Les. And for almost every Fair Vote
Waterloo event, I do sincerely and personally invite the Conservatives. I also
made a signficant effort during Democracy Week. Not that in three
years one has ever shown up, regardless of the topic - even on occasions when
other parties have had tables and one of the speakers was taking their point of
view. The exception was one event just ahead of the federal election
when a couple of volunteers showed up with lawn signs. I would be happy to
engage them with Fair Vote Canada Waterloo by holding a debate/panel on a topic
of their choice. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The reality of the last decade in Fair Vote is that
although FVC is firmly commited to multi-partisanship, very careful with their
messaging, keeping the door wide open, basing their campaign on research showing
what is best for all voters long term, and constantly inviting more
Conservatives to join us based on principle (if you know anybody that woud like
to run for FVC council please ask them to submit their statement ASAP), that has
been largely unsuccessful. It is just that point in history. I would hazard
a well educated guess that there are no more than a handful of Conservative Fair
Vote supporters in Canada, and 90% of FVC supporters who have strong feelings
against the Conservatives at this point. FVC has taken the position that is it
is better, looking at acheiving PR as a long term fight, to embrace
multipartisanship, knowing that the tides of who is in power may come and go
over decades but it adds credibility to the message when there are folks
from all points on the spectrum, no matter what the ratio, endorsing
FVC. The downside of this is that they cannot mobilize those who want PR more
than anything right now in the same way that a group like
Leadnow.ca/cooperate or Avaaz can. Unless the members decide to change that,
that is the way it is.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"Cooperate for Canada" is not a Fair Vote Canada
endorsed event. The national office would be highly opposed to making this
a Fair Vote Canada event, because the aims of one time cross party
cooperation are: 1) Pre-election cooperation to in select ridings with the goal
of defeating the Conservative candidate and electing a government based on
shared values of the majority and probably a few key commitments 2)
Bringing in a government that has an immediate commitment to enacting PR or a
fair process to get there before the next election, so we never have to do this
again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We considered making this a Fair Vote Waterloo
event by inviting the Conservative to come, perhaps to explain how they are
going to give us all voters a vote that counts so the three parties do not
need to cooperate. We decided against it mainly because no reasonable person
would expect the Conservative to show up. If ten or twenty years ago someone
held a meeting about how the right could coordinate to defeat the Liberals,
no-one would expect a Liberal to show up. And while the chapters do have
autonomy (I can say we have used that here to the max as one of the most active
chapters in Canada), it is just not worth causing strife with the national
office for this particular event. I am on the national council and they were the
first I informed I was doing this before they heard it anywhere
else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We are just starting up and hoping to get a
Citizens for Cross Party Cooperation group going in KW. There is one in Toronto
and Salt Spring Island, as well as the Leadnow campaign. As we build up our
contact list, hopefully we will have another list to advertise on. But for now
we will continue to let Fair Vote supporters know about upcoming events that
have a strong tie to PR or democracy, no matter where they come
from, just as we sometimes do with other groups. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Anita</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=leskadar@rogers.com href="mailto:leskadar@rogers.com">Les Kadar</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
; <A title=lanickerson@b2b2c.ca href="mailto:lanickerson@b2b2c.ca">Anita</A> ;
<A title=fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc]
[fvc-wat-announce] Cooperate for Canada Event Thursday February 16 7 PM</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I happen to notice there is no " conservative "
member ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>lk</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sadshade@lutherwood.ca href="mailto:sadshade@lutherwood.ca">Shannon
Adshade</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lanickerson@b2b2c.ca
href="mailto:lanickerson@b2b2c.ca">Anita</A> ; <A
title=fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 13, 2012 2:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc]
[fvc-wat-announce] Cooperate for Canada Event Thursday February 16 7
PM</DIV>
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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>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Shannon</FONT></DIV>
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[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> <A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[fvc-wat-announce] Cooperate for Canada Event Thursday February 16 7
PM<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Fair Vote Canada Waterloo
supporters,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And share widely.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV>
<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>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align=center><FONT
size=7><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Waterloo Inn</FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=center><BR></P>
<UL>
<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>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align=left></P></UL>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align=center><FONT
size=5><B>Featuring:</B></FONT></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><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>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" align=left><BR></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><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>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><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>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><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:6FA4B915EED842528C668B61119A67FD@kw4e38d3f19858" width=107
height=49><FONT size=4 face=Arial> Matthew Carroll, Director of the
Leadnow Campaign "Cooperate for Canada"</FONT></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><B><FONT size=5>Speakers to be
followed by Q+A and town hall style discussion</FONT></B></P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
align=left><FONT size=3>Free event, no registration, everyone welcome. More
info: <A
href="mailto:lanickerson@b2b2c.ca">lanickerson@b2b2c.ca</A></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
size=2></FONT></FONT> </P>
<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></FONT></FONT><BR><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. </FONT></FONT></P>
<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>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT> </P></DIV></DIV>
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