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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: Keep PR Simple Sweetheart
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Keep PR Simple Sweetheart. Fortunately, we had a participant who had used STV and he assured us that the formulas to transfer the votes work well and are understandable. I believe they do but in addition to discussions at the evernt, there was an email conversation I was having with someone in favour of PR. Nancy Carswell, Co-spokesperson Fair Vote Canada Saskatchewan Chapter. Labels: mixed member proportional. Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom ).
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: Proportional Representation Wisdom Gained
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Saturday, November 29, 2014. Proportional Representation Wisdom Gained. I accepted an invitation to present proportional representation (PR) at the Saskatchewan Peoples’ Social Forum (PSF) in Regina on September 20. The PSF is designed to build solidarity by building connections between groups and social movement. Nancy Carswell, Co-spokesperson Fair Vote Canada Saskatchewan Chapter. Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom ). Fair Vote Canada (FVC) is a multi-partisan citizens' ...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: April 2015
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Saturday, April 18, 2015. Spring 2015 Refresh of Executive. Two individuals committed to proportional representation stepped up offering to serve on our executive. Lee Ward is now co-spokesperson with me releasing Rick Sawa to be a member-at-large. I would like to recognize and thank Rick Sawa for his years of support and wisdom and thank him for remaining on the executive to continue his commitment to proportional representation. Monday, April 6, 2015. 8220;Democracy is wo...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: March 2014
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Sunday, March 2, 2014. Ten Canadian Recommendations for Proportional Representation. Wilfred Day at http:/ wilfday.blogspot.ca/2014/01/ten-canadian-commissions-assemblies-and.html. Offers up the "expert evidence" that has accumulated in the past decade in support of proportional representation. Quebec’s Estates-General on the Reform of Democratic Institutions (2003). Of the 825 people who deliberated, only 10% want to keep first-past-the-post (FPTP). New Brunswick’s C...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: January 2014
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Visit Your MP to Pitch PR. I committed to "environmental stewardship through social justice" after a time of finding that between us and the remedy to any environmental problem stood wage slaves. To stop climate change we need system change and I am convinced proportional representation (PR) is our best option. When I signed up to visit my MP to lobby for PR at http:/ www.fairvote.ca/mpvisit/. Fair Vote Canada (FVC) informed me:. And please take ...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: FPTP Produces Phony Majorities in the Majority of Elections
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Friday, September 12, 2014. FPTP Produces Phony Majorities in the Majority of Elections. This Letter to the Editor was submitted to papers around the province in time for Democracy Week. Would you be surprised to learn the country was Canada? Ten Canadian commissions, assemblies and reports that have recommended we replace FPTP with proportional representation (PR). Countries that use PR find it changes politics from combative winner-take-all situations to cooperative e...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: September 2013
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Monday, September 23, 2013. FPTP Short Circuits Democracy. How did you celebrate September's Democracy Week? Elections Canada's 2013 theme "Connect with Democracy" was "about connecting with people, places and information that help broaden your understanding of why democracy and voting are so important." While connecting is important, our electoral system is short circuiting us. Let’s work together to make every vote count! Craig Scott, MP and Fair Vote Canada. It is Democr...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: Ten Canadian Recommendations for Proportional Representation
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Sunday, March 2, 2014. Ten Canadian Recommendations for Proportional Representation. Wilfred Day at http:/ wilfday.blogspot.ca/2014/01/ten-canadian-commissions-assemblies-and.html. Offers up the "expert evidence" that has accumulated in the past decade in support of proportional representation. Quebec’s Estates-General on the Reform of Democratic Institutions (2003). Of the 825 people who deliberated, only 10% want to keep first-past-the-post (FPTP). New Brunswick’s C...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: November 2013
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Monday, November 4, 2013. Saskatoon Stop to Stop FPTP. A goodly number of people attended Craig Scott's NDP’s National Electoral Reform Tour stop in Saskatoon at the France Morrison Library Auditorium on October 2. From a show of hands an encouraging 25 percent were unfamiliar with proportional representation. There are many decisions to be made and I commend Scott for his dedication to gathering input and contributing momentum to making 2015 the last unfair election. The F...
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Fair Vote Saskatchewan: June 2013
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Declaration of Voter's Rights. Saturday, June 22, 2013. Openness to Electoral Reform. Fair Vote Canada Saskatchewan Chapter's participation in the Prince Albert Street Fair was inspiring. Also thrilled that we were selected as a focus by Matt Gardner of the Prince Albert Daily Herald. Read his article " Fair Vote Canada Talks Electoral Reform at Street Fair. Caption for photo: Even fools know to support proportional representation. Co-spokesperson FVC Saskatchewan Chapter. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Robocal...
