<head></head><body dir="ltr" data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Can you send a list to the group of the elected officials that Fair Voters think are the Most Important to send Christmas cards to in descending order of importance starting with PM Trudeau. Jenn wrote that I should do it but I lack enough FV knowledge about the movers and the shakers in Cabinet and the PMO.</div> <p style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</p> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Dave Arthur</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:13 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>FVC Waterloo Region Discussion</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Send Liberal MPs this lovely Christmas Card!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">
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<div>I am starting to write my Christmas cards to Trudeau, Monsef, other cabinet
and select MPs.</div>
<div>I think we agreed to include some “persuasive” information.</div>
<div>Can we clarify a few items?</div>
<div>What was the exact wording of Trudeau’s promise about FPTP and making votes
count?</div>
<div>The Liberals’, NDP’s and Greens’ campaign included electoral reform.
Correct?</div>
<div>That means 62.7% of the votes supported parties that campaigned on
electoral reform?</div>
<div>I believe the BQ did not include electoral reform in their platform. Is
that correct?</div>
<div>Last night what was the % drop in approval of the PEI Liberal government
after dismissing their referendum result?</div>
<div>Another concern to consider.</div>
<div>In talking to friends about reform and PR, one of the arguments naysayers
use is the proliferation of single issue or fringe parties.</div>
<div>We know that is not a valid concern in the vast number of countries using
PR.</div>
<div>For example, in 2015 there were 19 such parties in our election, 7 of which
got virtually no votes and the other 9 together got a total of less than 1% of
the votes.</div>
<div>We often add that many countries use a minimum threshold that must be met
to elect any members.</div>
<div>The threshold of 5% that is often mentioned is much to high.</div>
<div>That would have eliminated any members from either the Green Party (3.4%)
or Bloc Quebecois (4.7%) from being elected.</div>
<div>A threshold of 1% represents 176 thousand votes which extrapolates to 256
thousand eligible voters or 358 thousand population.</div>
<div>That’s the size of the city of Halifax or Victoria, the capital cities of
NS and BC, a number of people whose views deserve representation.</div>
<div>It seems to me that a threshold of 1% would be sufficiently
effective.</div>
<div>It also represents 3 out of 338 MPs, hardly a “radical” or “extremist”
threat, to use the Liberals’ disgusting but telling and manipulating choice of
words in their questionnaire.</div>
<div>Dave A</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="sharonsommerville@gmail.com">Sharon Sommerville</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 6, 2016 10:13 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [fvc-wat-disc] Send Liberal MPs this lovely Christmas
Card!</div></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello FairVoters,
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<div>Tonight, 9 of us met to organize FVC-WR activities for the next
month. One of the things we decided to do is send a lovely, "All I Want
For Christmas Is Proportional Representation" Christmas cards to Liberal
MPs.</div>
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<div>Below is a printable version and the steps to create this joyous
message. We are hoping that as many of us as possible can help send this
Christmas cheer to Liberal MPs at their Ottawa offices! We will be joining
Fairvoters from across the country in this effort, imagine the happiness we will
create in Ottawa! The House rises on Dec. 16th so the sooner the
better! </div>
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<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><span id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220359" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Here again is the link to a printable version of the
Christmas card. </span></div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"></span></div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><span id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221792" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">This version uses an 8.5x11 letter page. The way it
is laid out, you can print two cards at a time. Print, fold lengthwise then cut,
and you have two foldable cards with a white marg</span>in, in which you can
write a message. </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em" dir="ltr">All you need is an envelope to send it in. Remember - postage is free.
Also, be sure to sent the cards out to your MPs sooner rather than later. The
House rises on <span tabindex="0" class="gmail-aBn" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Dec. 16</span></span>. </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_220349" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Here
is a link to <a id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221142" class="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428edited-link-editor" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UIzEJNEQq9h6msL5_bCXylGD5MDUlN9N5ocU6pCeK7A/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">the Google Doc version</a>, printable directly from your browser.
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<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221150" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Here
is a link to <a id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221590" class="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428edited-link-editor" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx38vorBQgfmalZnVU9SNXg2WW8/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">the Word version</a> (has to be downloaded, and then printed). <br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"></div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Here
is the list of MP and addresses. My apologies, you have select Liberal out
of the entire list. If anyone can filter this list just for Liberals or
has an easier to use list of Liberal MPs with their Ottawa office address,
please let me know.</div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"><a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members</a></div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Have
fun!</div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">With
thanks,</div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Sharon</div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
<div id="gmail-m_-5500044036718680428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480944409959_221243" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: "helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em"> </div>
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