<div dir="ltr">FYI, the scheduled date for the motion to be discussed in the House is Wed. May 31st.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Anita Nickerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anitann88@gmail.com" target="_blank">anitann88@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It's a good idea to make a copy of everything just in case for one day - because I am paranoid. They had the educational site about the consultations. They archived that but before they did they erased sentences about why FPTP needs to go. Like, if they delete that, the problem no longer exists.</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Laurel L. Russwurm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laurel.l@russwurm.org" target="_blank">laurel.l@russwurm.org</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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<div class="m_-9016872475841996999m_1487787938623155430moz-cite-prefix">I don't know about the archiving
concern... the ERRE links I have are active:<br>
<br>
Home Page<br>
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committe<wbr>es/en/ERRE</a><br>
<br>
Meetings<br>
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Meetings" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committe<wbr>es/en/ERRE/Meetings</a><br>
<br>
Work<br>
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Work" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committe<wbr>es/en/ERRE/Work</a><br>
<br>
<strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-large;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:-webkit-center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY
IN CANADA: PRINCIPLES, PROCESS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR
ELECTORAL REFORM<span class="m_-9016872475841996999m_1487787938623155430Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br>
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8655791" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePub<wbr>lications/Publication.aspx?<wbr>Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=<wbr>1&DocId=8655791</a><br>
<br>
Members<br>
<a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/ERRE/Members?membershipOn=2016-08-12" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committe<wbr>es/en/ERRE/Members?membershipO<wbr>n=2016-08-12</a><br>
<br>
If there is concern it will disappear, might it be an idea to
download it so if it does disappear FVC can host a mirror? <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Laurel<div><div class="m_-9016872475841996999h5"><br>
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On 05/06/2017 04:25 PM, Anita Nickerson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I doubt it will be there. They've archived that
whole committee in hopes it disappears.
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<div>I agree about calling it the Keep Your Promise motion, even
though technically of course it will be called something like
"motion to concur with..."</div>
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<div>Anita</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Bob
Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span>
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I expect that further happenings about the ERRE Report will
be listed<br>
on the website at<br>
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013025<br>
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The report is officially entitled "Strengthening Democracy
in Canada :<br>
Principles, Process and Public Engagement for Electoral
Reform" --<br>
what you said about marketing!<br>
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On 2017-05-06 01:52 PM, Jay Judkowitz wrote:<br>
> That would work for me :-) I hope Mr. Cullen puts
his marketing<br>
> hat on. He needs to make this easy for the press to
cover and for<br>
> readers to digest.<br>
><br>
> On May 6, 2017 1:45 PM, "Jennifer Ross" <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Keep your Promise?<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Jay Judkowitz<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:judkowitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">judkowitz@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I'm worried about public visibility on
this. "Motion to Concur<br>
>>> with Election Reform Committee Report"
shows up in 0 searches<br>
>>> in <a href="http://news.google.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">news.google.ca</a> and on twitter<br>
>>><br>
>>> Is there some popular (and digestible) name
for this that we<br>
>>> can mail and tweet about and talk to
neighbors about? How<br>
>>> would the average Canadian citizen know
this is happening and<br>
>>> that they can still influence the outcome?<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Donald
Fraser<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com" target="_blank">donaldafraser@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Nathan Cullen, in his recent gathering
at KPL re the<br>
>>>> Parliamentary vote on his "Motion to
Concur with Election<br>
>>>> Reform Committee Report", indicated
that he had 20 'target'<br>
>>>> Liberal MPs who, in his opinion, might
vote to concur.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> However, for reasons of his own, he did
not want to reveal<br>
>>>> his list ... maybe because he would be
breaking one or many<br>
>>>> confidences.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I wanted to reach out to those 'target'
MPs to encourage them<br>
>>>> to vote their conscience, so today I
have started to send the<br>
>>>> following Email to all non-Cabinet MPs
(assuming none of them<br>
>>>> are on his target list and might be
alarmed at its content)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Since the last mailout, I have had to
update the mailing list<br>
>>>> I sent you with all the changes in the
Liberal Caucus. I have<br>
>>>> attached this new list in case you want
to use it. (.doc and<br>
>>>> .pdf)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> cheers, Don<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ==============================<wbr>=<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hello (Liberal MPname),<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I am writing to you concerning a coming
motion in Parliament<br>
>>>> to “concur” with the Report of the
Electoral Reform (ER)<br>
>>>> Committee. Traditionally such a vote
has always been a free<br>
>>>> vote.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Voting to concur will allow the subject
of ER to regain<br>
>>>> Parliamentary attention. 88% of the
contributors to the ER<br>
>>>> process recommended Proportional
Representation (PR) as<br>
>>>> Canada’s new means of choosing its MPs.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I am asking you to vote your conscience
and recommend that<br>
>>>> the report be accepted.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Just two short years ago the Liberal
Party was in third<br>
>>>> place demonstrating that our fickle
First Past the Post<br>
>>>> (FPTP) system is unstable and subject
to emotional mood<br>
>>>> swings of the electorate. This causes
many problems such as<br>
>>>> the Policy Pendulum, strategic voting,
discouraged and<br>
>>>> disenfranchised voters, lack of long
term planning etc.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> With the growing danger of Trumpism
spreading to Canada as<br>
>>>> evidenced in the platforms of several
Conservative leadership<br>
>>>> candidates, we need to protect our
country by introducing<br>
>>>> coalition government which is an almost
guaranteed outcome of<br>
>>>> PR.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Yours Truly,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Donald A Fraser<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 184 Forsyth Drive,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Waterloo, Ontario,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> N2L-1A2,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com" target="_blank">donaldafraser@gmail.com</a><br>
>>>><br>
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