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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters. Just a
reminder about our event tomorrow night! Fair Vote Canada put this one through
the national mailing program, and we'll have some special guests from Toronto,
including Fair Vote Canada's Executive Director. Voting reform expert Dennis
Pilon is going to talk about what we've learned in the past ten years trying to
reform our electoral system, and how we can use those lessons to help us
succeed. National polls over the past decade have shown that 60-70% of
voters consistently want proportional representation. I don't think a the desire
for that vote that elects someone and a Parliament that reflects
how we voted has ever been as strong as it has been since May 2011.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I hope you will join us tomorrow, and thanks for
being a supporter of Fair Vote Canada Waterloo.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Anita</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>P.S. The Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work is
at 120 Duke Street West - directy facing the back of Kitchener City
Hall.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=office@fairvote.ca href="mailto:office@fairvote.ca">Fair Vote Canada</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lanickerson@b2b2c.ca
href="mailto:lanickerson@b2b2c.ca">Anita Nickerson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:15 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> FVC Waterloo Chapter presents Dennis Pilon, Thursday, March
22, 7 PM<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">To all
Fair Vote Canada supporters in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and
Guelph:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">I hope
you will all join us for our next event:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Electoral Reform in Canada: Where Do We Go
From Here?</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium">with Dennis
Pilon</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG>Where</STRONG>: Lyle S. Hallman
School of Social Work Auditorium</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG>When:</STRONG> Thursday March
22, 7 PM</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Dennis's
talk will be followed by Q+A and discussion. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Free,
everyone welcome, refreshments provided!</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Dr.
Dennis Pilon is one of Canada's leading scholars on electoral reform
and political change. He was one of the founders of Fair Vote Canada
and has just moved back to Ontario from British Columbia. We are
fortunate to have him coming to talk to us in
Kitchener-Waterloo.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Dennis
will be addressing two questions that are <EM>key</EM> for
those of us committed to achieving a vote that
counts:</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small"><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">1) What
lessons have we learned from efforts to reform Canada's
voting </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">system over the
last ten years?</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 13px">
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">2)
What does the movement for proportional representation need to do to
achieve success?</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">About
Dennis:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">His
research has focused primarily on issues of democratization and
democratic reform in western countries in both contemporary and
historical contexts. In 2007 he published <EM>The
Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada’s Electoral
System.</EM><BR><BR>Over the past decade, Professor Pilon has done
considerable public speaking and media work commenting on many
aspects of politics with reporters from print, radio and television,
particularly on topics relating to elections and political parties.
He is presently a member of the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote
Canada, a citizens’ group focused on gaining more proportional
methods of voting for Canadian elections. He has also acted as a
consultant on election issues for various legal firms, political
parties, trade unions, community groups, and the Auditor General of
Canada. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">You can
watch Dennis advocating for proportional representation during the
British Columbia referendum:</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><A
style="COLOR: #1155cc"
href="http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=188600&qid=1311092"
target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4owD5HDldQ</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">I'm
looking forward to joining you in Waterloo for this
event.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small"><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Wayne
Smith,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Executive
Director</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Fair Vote
Canada</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #222222"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">For more
information, contact Anita Nickerson, lanickerson@b2b2c.ca,
519-568-7655<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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