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But the Liberal election promise was that the 2015 election would be the last under first past the post. This better not be a case of one-up-manship by Mr. Trudeau like some of the other election promises he made. </div>
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Any talk of amending the Referendum Act, which currently only allows referendums on the constitution? </div>
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<div><b>From: </b>daviddirks@rogers.com</div>
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<div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Elizabeth's question and Justin's answer</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465151454462_17141">My impression from Monsef's interview on the House this weekend: if the Liberals hear a clear message from people that FPTP is their preference, the Liberals may retain it. It was a pretty weak/unclear
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Saturday, June 4, 2016 7:46 AM, Jon Bathmaker <jon.bathmaker@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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<div class="y_msg_container">Weeell, I agree with Bob that it's not much of an answer to EM's
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>>>> This is taken from Elizabeth May's parliamentary week in<br clear="none">
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