Cooperate for Canada on electoral reform (emphasis mine):<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">And, more than anything, we need to fix our broken electoral system. We believe that we need a national conversation to determine the exact nature of the electoral system that would best fit the needs of Canadians. <i>The goal of this new system would be to ensure that the number of seats a party earns in an election closely reflect the number of Canadians who cast ballots for them.</i></span><br>
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<br></div><div><strong style="line-height:22px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">"everyone is watching to see if pro-cooperation Canadians will stand up to be counted."</strong><br>
<div><br></div><div>Please share widely. If all of us who share these goals stand up to be counted now, the result will be overwhelming.</div><div><br></div><div>Anita<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jamie Biggar - Leadnow.ca</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leadnow@leadnow.ca" target="_blank">leadnow@leadnow.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:34 PM<br>Subject: We’re ready<br>
To: <a href="mailto:anitann88@gmail.com" target="_blank">anitann88@gmail.com</a><br>
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Dear Anita,<br><br><strong>Canadians are ready for cooperation, and we need to act now to show the leadership of the Liberals, NDP and Greens that Canadians will work together and vote for cooperation.</strong><br><br>In the last federal election, 61% of voters cast ballots for change, but the vote split and our broken electoral system gave Prime Minister Harper a majority of seats in Parliament. Now, <strong>Prime Minister Harper is damaging our democracy, destroying our environmental protections, and undermining our economy.</strong> <strong>Canadians know that <span style="text-decoration:underline">it doesn’t have to be this way.</span></strong><br>
<br>We need to build a movement to achieve cooperation for electoral reform, environmental protection and a fair economy. Party leadership races are the best times for pro-cooperation Canadians to make change within the parties. We can send a powerful message that Canadians will work together and vote for cooperation, but only if we all do our part.<br>
<br><strong>Right now, the Liberal Party is choosing a new leader</strong>, cooperation is a major debate amongst the candidates, and everyone is watching to see if pro-cooperation Canadians will stand up to be counted. <strong>You can vote for free and support cooperation in the Liberal leadership race, but you must sign up <span style="text-decoration:underline">before March 3rd</span>.</strong><br>
<br><strong>Please take a moment <span style="text-decoration:underline">today</span> to join the party of your choice to support cooperation:</strong><br><br>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:red;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=liberal" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the Liberal Party as a supporter</strong> (free) »</a></p>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:orange;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=ndp" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the NDP</strong> ($10-25)</a> »</p>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:green;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=green" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the Green Party</strong> ($10)</a> »</p>
<br><br>We’ve asked the Leadnow community if you want the NDP, Liberals and Greens to work together in key ridings to <strong>defeat Prime Minister Harper and then cooperate to pass crucial reforms</strong> - and a mind-blowing 95% said “yes”!<sup>1</sup><br>
<br>Now, cooperation is a major part of the national conversation. No matter which party you support, please click below and join a party, and together we will show the Liberal, NDP, and Green leadership that we are standing up for a cooperative future for Canada.<br>
<br>We will tell the candidates and party leaders how many people join the party through this campaign. We will survey the Liberal candidates to see where they stand on cooperation for electoral reform, environmental protection and building a fair economy, and we will report back to you.<br>
<br><strong>By joining, you will encourage all of the candidates to take pro-cooperation positions, and you will make sure that the new leader knows there is major pro-cooperation support within the NDP, Liberals and Greens.</strong><br>
<br>During the NDP leadership race last year, 10,000 people joined the NDP to show their support for cooperation and electoral reform. They built a constituency for cooperation in the party, and secured a strong commitment to electoral reform. Let’s keep building this movement together.<br>
<br>The Liberals are choosing a new leader, and <strong>any Canadian can vote for free and support cooperation in the Liberal leadership race, but you must sign up <span style="text-decoration:underline">before March 3rd</span>.</strong><br>
<br>Click a link below and join the party of your choice to support cooperation in key votes:<br><br>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:red;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=liberal" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the Liberal Party as a supporter</strong> (free) »</a></p>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:orange;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=ndp" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the NDP</strong> ($10-25)</a> »</p>
<p style="width:400px;padding:15px;background-color:green;color:white;font-size:18px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/join/?email=anitann88@gmail.com&party=green" style="text-decoration:none;color:white" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to join the Green Party</strong> ($10)</a> »</p>
<br><br>We’re in this together. Thank you for all you do.<br><br>With hope and respect,<br><br>Jamie, Julia, Ryan, Matthew, and Maggie on behalf of the Leadnow.ca team<br><br>P.S. <strong>Already a party member? Please <a href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=127434&ea.campaigner.email=1lJzGBM%2BXoUPp0nmdRdAWRFFMe9grgD0&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">click here to help by sharing this campaign</a>.</strong><br>
<strong><br>Notes</strong><br><br>[1] We surveyed the entire Leadnow.ca community last year before first launching the Cooperate for Canada campaign, and then again last month, asking people if they support cross-party cooperation. <strong>Out of almost 30,000 individual responses from Leadnow supporters, 95% said they agree with cooperation.</strong> Here are the exact results:<br>
<br><strong>Strongly Agree</strong>: 21,881 (75%)<br><strong>Agree</strong>: 5835 (20%)<br><strong>Disagree</strong>: 774 (2.6%)<br><strong>Strongly Disagree</strong>: 718 (2.5%)
<p><span style="line-height:140%">For more background, see </span><a href="http://cooperate4.ca" style="line-height:140%" target="_blank">http://cooperate4.ca</a></p>
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<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><span style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif">Do you want to see the Liberals, NDP and Greens work together in the next election to defeat Stephen Harper, pass electoral reform, protect our environment, and build a fair economy? "Everyone is watching to see if cooperation supporters will stand up and be counted". <b><a href="http://cooperate4.ca/" target="_blank">Please, stand with me and be counted</a></b>. If we all do this, the result will be overwhelming. <a href="http://cooperate4.ca/" target="_blank">http://cooperate4.ca/</a></span>
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