<div dir="ltr">Thank you Kevin! Great work!<div><br></div><div>At yesterday's committee meeting the Bloc member stated his support for PR and Scott Reid, the lead Conservative member on the committee was clearly seeking ways to make a fair electoral system happen pending a referendum of course! So.. maybe...also of note was Scott Reid statement that the committee's recommendations need to be completed by Nov. 10th. This was in the context of having Byron do additional modeling for them & their tight deadline of Nov. 10th.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a great day,</div><div>Sharon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Kevin Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevedsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">kevedsmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Phoned Bardish yesterday, signed the Broadbent petition, posted the MP contacts on Facebook, and then had a big debate with young Tory-ish friend.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And then I heard about Trudeau changing his tune. I'm guessing there was a lot of feedback? Yay!</p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 20, 2016 7:11 PM, "Jennifer Ross" <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Luisa, Fair Vote is at the #ERRE right now, so it is impossible for me (Hopefully most of us) to give it consideration before 8 p.m.<br><br>But ICYMI: Macleans <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeau-reaffirms-deep-commitment-to-electoral-reform/" target="_blank">http://www.macleans.ca/politic<wbr>s/ottawa/justin-trudeau-<wbr>reaffirms-deep-commitment-to-<wbr>electoral-reform/</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:04 PM, D'Amato, Luisa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LDAmato@therecord.com" target="_blank">LDAmato@therecord.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I'm writing a column about this for tomorrow. Anyone want to speak to me? Please call before 8. </p>
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<div>Thanks Jenn and to the other wonderful folks who have been in touch to indicate that they will call or email Raj,
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Marwan</span> or Byran. </div>
<div>One of my colleagues at work is going to email Raj.</div>
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<div>And, please if you are on this list, please take the three minutes to phone or email your MP. It is important to let Prime Minister Trudeau know that we are paying attention, we do care, that we expect the government to keep it's promise and that we aren't
going away. We need to deflate this trial balloon.</div>
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<div>With many thanks to everyone,</div>
<div>Sharon<br>
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<div>Hi everyone. I just called Raj Saini's office, and the lovely receptionist, Collette, wasn't aware of any statements Justin Trudeau gave to Le Devoir.<br>
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PLEASE CALL HER!<br>
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She then advises to put it in an email, which works better for me anyway and which I shall do, but I can't be the only one calling him on this. Believe me, I am regularly dismissed as just me being me.<br>
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<div>For those of us seeking meaningful electoral reform today's first anniversary of the Liberal's historic federal electoral win has been dampened by an interview in this morning's LeDevoir with Prime Minister Trudeau. Basically, the Prime Minister said well,
maybe just a little change for now.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:19.2px">Here is an article on the interview and subsequent debate during question period in Parliament today in iPolitics:</span><br>
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<p style="font-size:19.2px"><a href="https://ipolitics.ca/2016/10/19/trudeau-backing-away-from-voting-system-change/" style="font-size:16px" target="_blank">https://ipolitics.ca/2016/10/1<wbr>9/trudeau-backing-away-from-vo<wbr>ting-system-change/</a></p>
<div>For those of you that speak French, here is the link to the LeDevoir article:</div>
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<p style="font-size:19.2px"><span style="font-size:16px"> <a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/482514/la-reforme-electorale-n-est-plus-garantie" target="_blank">http://www.ledevoir.com/polit<wbr>ique/canada/482514/la-reforme-<wbr>electorale-n-est-plus-garantie</a><wbr> </span></p>
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<p style="font-size:19.2px">Do you have 3 minutes to phone or email your MP to let them know that we expect them to keep their election promise to make every vote count? We can't let them walk away from this election promise, this is our historic opportunity
to create a stronger democracy and public policy that serves all Canadians. </p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Here are the phone numbers and email addresses of our Waterloo Region Liberal MPs.</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Bryan May - Cambridge</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">telephone: <a href="tel:519%20624%207440" value="+15196247440" target="_blank">
519 624 7440</a> email: B<span style="font-size:19.2px"><a href="mailto:ryan.May.P9@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">ryan.May.P9@parl.gc.ca</a></span></p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px"><span style="font-size:19.2px">Marwan Tabbbara - Kitchener- South Hespeler</span></p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px"><span style="font-size:19.2px">telephone: <a href="tel:519%20571%205509" value="+15195715509" target="_blank">
519 571 5509</a> <a href="mailto:email%3AMarwan.Tabbara.P9@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">email:Marwan.Tabbara.P9@parl.<wbr>gc.ca</a></span></p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Bardish Chagger - Waterloo</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">telephone: <a href="tel:519%20746%201573" value="+15197461573" target="_blank">
519 746 1573</a> <a href="mailto:email%3ABardish.Chagger.P9@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">email:Bardish.Chagger.P9@parl<wbr>.gc.ca</a></p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Raj Saini - Kitchener Centre</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">telephone: <a href="tel:519%20741%202001" value="+15197412001" target="_blank">
519 741 2001</a> email: <a href="mailto:Raj.Saini.P9@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">
Raj.Saini.P9@parl.gc.ca</a></p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">A simple message is all that is needed but if 50 or 75 or 100 of us call or email, the message will be loud and clear: we expect you to keep the promise that 2015 will be the last election under First Past The Post. </p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Let's make sure we get the change we voted for, call or email your MP.</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Thank you!</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Best regards,</p>
<p style="font-size:19.2px">Sharon</p>
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