Month: May 2017

Your Vote Should Count!!

It was NOT Mr. Trudeau’s decision to decide to over-rule the majority of Canadians who voted for parties advocating electoral reform.  

(Nor should it be his decision to overule the majority of his own party who supported the electoral reform policy he repeated over and over as a campaign promise, then reaffirmed as part of the throne speech, then spent millions of dollars consulting with Canadians about.)  

Not in a democracy, anyway

The MyDemocracy survey results demonstrated a majority of its respondents want a fair inclusive political system.

More than 130,000 Canadians signed the e-616 parliamentary e-Petition* telling Mr. Trudeau’s Government we want the Electoral Reform process to continue.  

The ERRE Consultation confirmed that Canadians want electoral reform… and a majority want Proportional Representation.  And that is what the ERRE Committee recommended.

The Government response is the equivalent of “No. Because I said so.”

The House of Commons will vote on whether to accept the recommendation of the ERRE Committee on May 31st, 2017. 

Tell your MP you want all Canadians to have votes that matter, and that you expect them to vote to accept the ERRE Committee Recommendation.

Because Canada ought to be a democracy in which we can all expect fair representation. 

*more than any other Canadian Parliamentary e-Petition… almost twice as much support as the next most successful petition.