<div dir="ltr">Thanks so VERY much for such hard work on this Donald!! Great job!!!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 9:14 PM, Catherine Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com" target="_blank">cdcampbell9@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="auto"><div></div><div>Great letter, Don!</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 27, 2018, at 12:31 PM, Donald Fraser <<a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com" target="_blank">donaldafraser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi all ... just sent the following letter to every newspaper in Canada as promised<div><br></div><div>It's a bit risky because one can lose one's letter writing privileges to favourite recipients if found out, but the content was of national concern, so there is a basis for forgiveness if discovered</div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Don</div><div><br></div><div>==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear
Editor,<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Re:
First Anniversary of the Liberal Broken Election Reform Promise <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">On February
1, we remember sadly the first anniversary of Justin’s broken election promise
who pledged so enthusiastically in his campaign that the 2016 election was the
last under our antiquated “First-past-the-post” (FPTP) system. FPTP gave Harper
a majority in 2011 with only 39.4% of the vote and gave Trudeau his present
majority with only 39.6%. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In truth,
the PM did not promise Proportional Representation (PR) which is the only fair
system that makes every vote count equally by giving each Party the same percentage
of seats in Ottawa as their votes won in the election. He did promise to look
“fully and fairly” at our electoral system but, as became clear later, he actually
preferred ranked ballot which under most models would have given the Liberals,
the centrist party of <span><span>Canada</span></span>, in excess of 200 seats instead of the 184 they received
at election time.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">During
the election reform process, over 80% of the submissions made by interested and
informed individuals across Canada indicated a decisive preference for PR. PR
in Canada would almost certainly result in cooperative non-majority government
and continuity in policy as opposed to the “policy pendulum” in which each new
government cancels or guts the legislation of the previous one at great
expense. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We need
the stability of good long term planning, cooperation among MPs and sound,
robust policy that PR brings. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Let us
all insist on this change for the better.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Yours
Truly,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Donald A
Fraser,</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span>184 Forsyth Drive</span>,<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span><span>Waterloo</span>,
<span>Ontario</span></span>,<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">N2L-1A2.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com" target="_blank">donaldafraser@gmail.com</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></p></div></div>
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