Month: May 2017

Electoral Reform is NOT a new idea in Canada.CANADA ALTERS HER…



Electoral Reform is NOT a new idea in Canada.

CANADA ALTERS HER VOTING SYSTEM

Change Deemed Necessary with Three Parties Contesting

Parliament Passes “Alternative” Balloting Motion – Rejects “P.R.”

“Ottawa, Mar 9 — Canada’s Parliament has just taken an interesting step in the direction of Electoral Reform.  With the advent of a third party, the Progressives, as a vital factor in politics, it soon became clear that the old system of voting under the changed conditions could no longer guarantee satisfactory results.”

In 1909 the British Parliament at Westminster was considering…



In 1909 the British Parliament at Westminster was considering adopting the Single Transferable Vote Proportional Representation electoral system.  At the time Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada told the press if it came to a vote, he’d be tempted to give up the cushy Canadian posting because:

“The present system,” said Earl Grey, “is government of the people by caucus for the party.”

There is a consensus in Kitchener Centre… and in…




After being elected MP for Kitchener Centre, Raj Saini met with Fair Vote Waterloo co-chairs Sharon Sommerville and Bob Jonkman to discuss Proportional Representation.









There is a consensus in Kitchener Centre
… and in Canada. 

If you’re in Kitchener Centre call Raj Saini to tell him you expect him to 

keep his promise by voting to accept the ERRE Committee Report
on May 31st.

Campaigning in 2015, Raj Saini made a convincing case for…



Campaigning in 2015, Raj Saini made a convincing case for Electoral Reform.

The citizens of Kitchener Centre elected Raj Saini to do as he promised.  

Now that his government is having cold feet, #KitCen needs their elected representative to represent them on May 31st.  

Call Raj to let him know you want him to vote for Proportional Representation.

It doesn’t matter WHO has the 39%. What matters is that if 60%…









It doesn’t matter WHO has the 39%. 

What matters is that if 60% of Canadians don’t have representation in Parliament, we have a pretty poor Representative Democracy.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.  More than 90 countries around the world have adopted some form of Proportional Representation, some more than a century ago.

Call your MP and make sure they know you expect them to vote to accept the ERRE Committee’s report on May 31, 2017, so the process continues. 

Trans-Mountain pipeline foes to walk to Burnaby from Victoria

Trans-Mountain pipeline foes to walk to Burnaby from Victoria:

allthecanadianpolitics:

Opponents of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion project will march from Victoria to Burnaby, beginning today.

Walk 4 the Salish Sea is a four-day, 75-kilometre walk from Mile Zero in Victoria to the Kinder Morgan terminal in Burnaby.

Organizer Bobby Arbess said participants want to show their support for the ecological values of the Salish Sea and solidarity with First Nations who have launched a legal challenge against the project.

“We’re doing the walk because we are committed to preventing the environmental destruction and violation of indigenous rights that we believe will ensue from the prime minister’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project,” he said.

Walkers are fundraising to support the Pull Together Campaign for the legal defence of the Coldwater, Tselil-waututh and Squamish nations, which have filed lawsuits to stop the pipeline.

Members of the team have already raised about $18,000, Arbess said.

Anyone is invited to join all or part of the walk. About 100 people have committed to the full walk, Arbess said.

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