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<p>I used the Fair Vote"write a letter to the editor" tool to write
the following letter to the Record. They called yesterday morning
to get a confirmation that I'd written it so they can consider
it. In my experience that usually means they're going to publish
it. <br>
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<div>Elections Ontario only requires a party to win 2% of the
vote to qualify for the per vote subsidy. 2% doesn't sound
like a lot but it is. In the last Ontario election the Green
Party won 4.84% of the votes cast. That was 233,269 votes:
nothing to sneeze at. </div>
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<div>If the lack of a seat in the legislature is the criteria
the TV Consortium is using to exclude Mike Schreiner from the
televised leadership debates, it hardly seems fair to include
Mr Ford. After all, he has never even run in a provincial
election, much less won a seat.</div>
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<div>The idea that either Party Leader should be excluded from
the leadership debate is ludicrous. There are all sorts of
reasons both Mike Shreiner and Doug Ford should be included in
the Leadership debates. </div>
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<div>But the most important reason is because people-- voters--
deserve the opportunity to know who and what we are voting
for. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Laurel Russwurm</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;">Here is the link
to the Fair Vote Letter Writing Tool</span><br style="color:
rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<a href="https://www.fairvote.ca/lettertoeditordebates/"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.fairvote.ca/lettertoeditordebates/&source=gmail&ust=1525937160273000&usg=AFQjCNFoyyuWlRGKmncmhahkck8WeUGnww"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.fairvote.ca/<wbr>lettertoeditordebates/</a><br
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
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widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
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widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;">They also have a
handy "email the consortium" tool:</span><br style="color:
rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<a href="https://www.fairvote.ca/mediaconsortium/" target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.fairvote.ca/mediaconsortium/&source=gmail&ust=1525937160273000&usg=AFQjCNEOujrdfART341nVBcs8w0zGdq4NQ"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.fairvote.ca/<wbr>mediaconsortium/</a><br
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;
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<hr>♦ <strong><a href="http://laurel.russwurm.org/blogs/">Laurel
L. Russwurm, Author</a></strong> ♦ <a
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♦ <strong><a href="https://laurelrusswurm.wordpress.com/">Laurel
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