Letter to Conservative MP Michael Chong who voted against Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

December 21, 2014

Dear Mr. Chong,

First we wish to thank you for being present for the debate on the motion on Proportional Representation put forward by Craig Scott on December 3, 2014.

We are however disappointed in your vote against the Motion, given your strong...


Letter to Liberal MPs who voted against Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

January 6, 2015

Dear Liberal MP (who voted against),

We were pleased with the NDP motion in favour of Proportional Representation (PR), debated on December 3 2014, introduced by Craig Scott. We were delighted to see that 16 Liberal MPs voted for he motion, and several spoke in...


Letter to Liberal MPs who voted for Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

January 6, 2015

Dear Liberal MPs,

We commend you for your support for the motion on Proportional Representation (PR) debated on December 3 2014, introduced by Craig Scott. We are supporters of PR, and particularly favour the MMP, Mixed Member Proportional, system recommended by the...


Letter to Conservative MPs who voted against Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

January 2, 2015

Dear MP,

We are disappointed that not one Conservative voted in favour of the motion on proportional representation (PR) (introduced by Craig Scott) on December 3 2014. There are many Conservatives (not in the House) who support PR--some are active in FairVote...


Letter to NDP MPs who voted for Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

January 2, 2015

Dear NDP MPs (who voted on December 3, 2014 Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation)

We were very pleased to see the motion on proportional representation debated on December 3.

Craig Scott did an excellent job bringing it forward, and several...


Justin Trudeau's response to Proportional Representation

Canadian Electoral Alliance's active member David Gamble wrote to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau on NDP Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation, December 19, 2014:

Email To: Trudeau, Justin

I was exceedingly disappointed to see that you voted NO on this...


Which MPs voted for Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

NDP Democratic Reform Critic Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation

On Dec 3, 2014, a total 276 MPs were at the opposite House time. After the debate, 110 voted yea and 166 voted Nay...


NDP Democratic Reform Critic Craig Scott introduced motion for PR to the House of Commons

Fair Vote Canada, December 2, 2014

Fair Vote Canada has just learned that NDP Democratic Reform Critic Craig Scott will introduce the following motion for PR to the House of Commons tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday December 3).

That, in the...


Andrew Coyne: A minority government looks possible in 2015, and we still don’t know the rules of the game

Andrew Coyne, National Post, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, we got ourselves a horse race. After a year and a half in which the Liberals led in the national polls by six to 10 points, the gap has narrowed appreciably in recent weeks. As of last month, an average of polls...


A Climate Accord Based on Global Peer Pressure

CORAL DAVENPORT, The New York Times, December 14, 2014

Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, after more than 36 straight hours of negotiations, top officials from nearly 200 nations agreed to the first deal committing every country in the world to reducing the fossil fuel emissions that cause...

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