<div dir="ltr">Hello, everyone! <div><br></div><div>I just wanted to send a thank you to everyone who stepped forward to help promote PR and a National Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform during this election in Waterloo Region.</div><div><br></div><div>Our team did a phenomenal job. </div><div><br></div><div>We got over <b>14,000 </b>door hangers on doors.</div><div><br></div><div>Most in Kitchener Centre, a significant amount in Waterloo, with some in the other ridings. <b>This is over double what we did last time</b>. We engaged a ton of new volunteers to organize and deliver. Evan did a fantastic job overseeing the whole operation with the organizers, and making sure we didn't run out of door hangers :). This was part of a cross-Canada effort that saw over 300,000 hangers go out to volunteer organizers.</div><div><br></div><div>There were quite a few letters to the editor written - I'm sorry I don't have the links on hand but Donald, Myron and anyone else I'm missing, thank you! </div><div><br></div><div>Fair Vote Canada ran 50 radio spots on CHYM and 570 news highlighting electoral reform champions running in our area. </div><div><br></div><div>We got all our big PR lawn signs up - about 15 of them I think. Thank you so much to Stu and David for picking them all up this week!</div><div><br></div><div>We got a ton of earned media below this email. <br><br></div><div>AND - an MP who champions PR prominently was elected in this region (Mike Morrice in Kitchener Centre)!!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much to everyone who helped in all the different ways I've listed - and more - to keep PR so high profile in this region.</div><div><br></div><div>Anita</div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4ec1c6fc-7fff-b2f4-7f67-ddb4542583db"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1:26:58 Interview with Sharon </span><a href="https://www.570news.com/audio/the-mike-farwell-show/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.570news.com/audio/the-mike-farwell-show/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FVC Waterloo lawn sign: </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/federal-election/2021/09/07/a-disaster-for-kitchener-centre.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.therecord.com/news/federal-election/2021/09/07/a-disaster-for-kitchener-centre.html</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quoting Anita, all about ER</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/local-new-hamburg/news/2021/09/14/those-voters-have-no-voice-in-parliament-election-reform-ranks-high-on-ballot-for-waterloo-region-voters.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.thestar.com/local-new-hamburg/news/2021/09/14/those-voters-have-no-voice-in-parliament-election-reform-ranks-high-on-ballot-for-waterloo-region-voters.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mentions Waterloo Region as centre of movement, mentions FVC, quotes Jenn</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/federal-election/opinion/2021/08/25/a-new-political-party-is-being-started-that-focuses-on-electoral-reform-cementing-waterloo-region-as-a-stronghold-for-this-issue-luisa-damato-writes.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.therecord.com/news/federal-election/opinion/2021/08/25/a-new-political-party-is-being-started-that-focuses-on-electoral-reform-cementing-waterloo-region-as-a-stronghold-for-this-issue-luisa-damato-writes.html</span></a></p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tanguay and Perrella - pro MMP</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/09/12/time-to-ditch-first-past-the-post-electoral-system.html</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Simeon Kabaayla for PR</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/community-editorial-board/2021/09/13/vote-2021-time-has-come-for-a-political-awakening-that-includes-electoral-reform.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/community-editorial-board/2021/09/13/vote-2021-time-has-come-for-a-political-awakening-that-includes-electoral-reform.html</span></a></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>