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<div><b>From:</b> Anita Nickerson <anita.nickerson@fairvote.ca></div><div><b>To:</b> Chapters Google Group <fair-vote-canada-chapters@googlegroups.com></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 11, 2021, 06:41:06 PM EST</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Please share and ask people to attend this webinar with Daniel Blaikie, Mike Morrice and Wayne Long</div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Hello, everyone! We have an important webinar coming up and I'd like everyone to encourage everyone to ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ with your friends and your networks <b>(and please attend!)</b>
<b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0);">A good </b></span></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;background-color:rgb(255,255,0);"><b>turnout</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><b style="font-size:15px;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0);"> sends a message that a lot of people care about progress on PR. MPs who are willing to work for PR in Parliament need all the public backing they can get. And we want to show the PR movement is bigger than ever.
</span></b><span style="font-size:15px;">Let's see how many people we can encourage to show up for this important discussion to kick off our efforts with this new Parliament. </span><b style="font-size:15px;">
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</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-py34i1dx"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uvhYFJJjTcmp2PoaVdnFig?fbclid=IwAR1QPy_QI5OSmRr8lFWhSNX9zG1cdFVTgcfKaJ-Dt1am2XhtvvpQL39i4OI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uvhYFJJjTcmp2PoaVdnFig?fbclid=IwAR1QPy_QI5OSmRr8lFWhSNX9zG1cdFVTgcfKaJ-Dt1am2XhtvvpQL39i4OI</a></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Special Guests:</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐โ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Daniel Blaikie was first elected as the MP for Elmwood Transcona in 2015. He is a long time advocate for proportional representation. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">In June, 2021, the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) passed Daniel's motion to study a National Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. Fair Vote Canada campaigned hard for this motion to succeed! If an election had not been called, the study would have commenced. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Daniel is committed to working to get this motion passed again, by a newly formed PROC committee. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ก๐งโ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐๐ฒ</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Wayne Long was first elected as the MP for Saint JohnโRothesay in 2015. Wayne was on the PROC committee in the last Parliament and voted yes to the motion to study a National Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. He also made this commitment to constituents in the last election campaign: </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Now, as a part of my 2021 Riding-First Platform, I am proud to commit to building upon this work in the last two Parliaments by:</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">- Re-introducing a motion to advance a National Citizensโ Assembly on Electoral Reform at committee (this will ensure that the work on this issue continues in the next Parliament);</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">- Introducing a Democratic Reform Act designed to rein in party discipline, empower individual Members of Parliament, and bring increased transparency and accountability to federal party caucuses and leadership structures; and</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">- Establishing an All-Party Electoral Reform Caucus to advocate for the introduction of a form of proportional representation at the federal level.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Mike Morrice was first elected as the MP for Kitchener Centre in 2021. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Mike had proportional representation in his platform during the 2019 election and a priority item in the 2021 election.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">Since being elected, Mike has advocated for proportional representation on Unpublished Ottawa, and in his reflections on Facebook connecting electoral reform and environmental progress from COP 26. Mike speaks frequently about the need to collaborate across party lines. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:UI Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-bi6gxh9e"><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit;" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mf ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-_1mj"><span style="font-family:inherit;"><span style="font-family:inherit;">We are excited to have these three MPs join us to discuss how we can build momentum for real progress in this minority Parliament!</span></span></div></div><br class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp76c9778byiv6829266162gmail_signature"></div></div>
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