<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976796377_8623">I am not at all surprised. At least we are not left hanging for a few more months. This has been a botched and most cynical exercise on the part of the government. What a waste of an opportunity, so so disappointing.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976796377_8621"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976796377_8622">David<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976796377_8483"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 1:29 PM, STUART CHANDLER <stuchandler43@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Holy crap! <br clear="none">JT did not even give the new recruit a chance to deal with the issue. <br clear="none">Top-down dictatorship. The very opposite of the democracy I believe we are looking for!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Just heard the news on CBC that the Libs have announced not going to honour the promised electoral reform. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I'll be sending them a stern rebuke for sure!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Stu. Chandler.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.<br clear="none"> Original Message <br clear="none">From: Bob Jonkman<br clear="none">Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 12:59 PM<br clear="none">To: Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion<br clear="none">Reply To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion<br clear="none">Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] New Mandate Letter for the Hon. Karina Gould<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The mandate letter for the Hon. Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions has been published:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister-democratic-institutions-mandate-letter" target="_blank">http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister-democratic-institutions-mandate-letter</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">>A clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus, has not emerged. Furthermore, without a clear preference or a clear question, a referendum would not be in Canada’s interest. Changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--Bob.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">This is the fvc-wat-disc mailing list<br clear="none">Post a message: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe: <a shape="rect" href="http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org</a><div class="yqt1582233494" id="yqtfd73319"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">This is the fvc-wat-disc mailing list<br clear="none">Post a message: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe: <a shape="rect" href="http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>