<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi everyone. We have two pages on the NDP:<br><br></div>This one is where anything significant they said about electoral reform from the beginning of the race till now got written down. Doesn't include today's debate and I need to update it with the link to Charlie Angus's website since he's added electoral reform now:<br><br><b><a href="http://www.fairvote.ca/ndp-leadership-race/">http://www.fairvote.ca/ndp-leadership-race/</a></b></div><div><br></div>This is the page with their answers to our questions:<br><br><b><a href="http://www.fairvote.ca/asked-ndp-candidates/">http://www.fairvote.ca/asked-ndp-candidates/</a></b><br><br></div>I don't know if we'll send these out to our whole list again. I want to, but our email schedule is now all booked up with other things and it's a fine balance not driving non-NDP on our list nuts with NDP stuff.<br><br></div>The gist of it is: <br><br>Caron has made the strongest commitment, and he led with this issue on his own, it didn't take months or FVC signing people up to get there. <br><br>But the others have come along in the past month. In the (pretty unlikely) scenario where the NDP win 170 seats they all say they'd bring in PR. The real question is which ones will fight for this in a minority situation. <br><br>Caron's said from the beginning - no PR, no support of Liberal minority. <br><br>Angus has said yes he'd make an it "a key demand" in a minority, but he's been pretty clear he thinks it won't happen unless NDP get a majority. He doesn't even mention what he'd do in a minority situation on his website, only in response to our questionnaire. But he made a special video to let FVC supporters know he's "got our back." :)<br><br></div>Ashton says it would be a condition of "any partnership." A formal partnership with the Liberals and Niki Ashton seems a bit far-fetched so I'm not really clear on how high priority this would be for her outside a formal partnership.<br><br></div>Singh has got nothing on his website. He refers to electoral reform as a priority verbally but no details. We heard he told someone informally he thinks there needs to be a referendum. But in Kitchener he said he's going to release a platform like Caron's. In response to our questionnaire, he said he'd have to consult with his caucus about whether to make PR a condition of supporting a minority. So, we're still waiting.<br><br></div>Anita<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Dave Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthurd23@bell.net" target="_blank">arthurd23@bell.net</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>I watched the whole debate at the NDP event at the Duke of
Wellington.</div>
<div>I was disappointed that the PR question was brief and only involved Singh
and Caron.</div>
<div>We’re left wondering what the others’ commitments are .</div>
<div>Has Fairvote done a thorough study of the four candidates’ stances and
plans to move PR along?</div>
<div>Don, you say from all sources Caron is the most committed.</div>
<div>Is there agreement on that?</div>
<div>And, while all four said similar, good things about many issues, who is
most likely to capture Canadians’ attention and confidence?</div>
<div>Is there another Jack Layton out there?</div>
<div>Dave A</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="donaldafraser@gmail.com">Donald Fraser</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 10, 2017 7:02 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [fvc-wat-disc] Video of Final NDP Leadership Debate in
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<div dir="ltr">Be sure to watch, so we can pick the best leader for PR
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<div><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-leadership-debate-vancouver-1.4282537" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/<wbr>politics/ndp-leadership-<wbr>debate-vancouver-1.4282537</a><br></div>
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<div>If you want to get right to the PR question, move the slider to
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<div>Guy Caron reiterated his commitment and asked Jagmeet Singh what he planned
to do ... Singh admitted that Caron's plan was good and that he himself had yet
to place his electoral reform plan on his website. Singh gave excellent reasons
for MMPR but it seems insincere if he hasn't placed it on his site. Neither
Charlie nor Niki commented, but the Vancouver debate rules didn't allow
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<div>But from all sources, Caron, in my opinion, is the most committed to
PR.</div>
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<div>cheers,</div>
<div>Don</div>
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