Two postings from Mr. Billows. Respond directly to him and not me, please. --- ------- Announcing Fair Vote Canada! The push for proportional representation in Canada is underway with today's launch of Fair Vote Canada. Our aim is to educate the public about electoral reform and to help organize those Canadians who favour proportional representation. Our hope is that Fair Vote Canada (FVC) will attract the necessary support to pressure the next Parliament into holding a referendum on electoral reform prior to or concurrent with the federal election of 2004/05 Fair Vote Canada (FVC) was founded on October 1, 2000, to provide concerned citizens, community leaders and activists with an organizational framework to build a nationwide grassroots civic education and electoral reform campaign in Canada. Fair Vote Canada will focus in particular on educating Canadians about the inherent inequities in our current voting system and the strengths and weaknesses of various alternative systems, such as proportional representation. The ultimate objective of Fair Vote Canada is to gain the support of all federal political parties for a national referendum on voting systems to be held prior to or concurrently with the 2004/2005 Federal elections. Fair Vote Canada firmly believes that Canadian citizens are ready and willing to learn about democratic reform and that the voters themselves should be the final decision-makers on what democratic voting system best meets the needs of our nation. For more details, please refer to the Fair Vote Canada website at http://www.fairvotecanada.org/index.html ---- With the announcement of Fair Vote Canada and the establishment of a new discussion list, Canada-Votes will be closing on October 31, 2000. The purpose of the new list will be to continue the networking and discussion related to building Fair Vote Canada and promoting its goals. The difference between Canada-Votes and this new list will be greater focus and constructive discussion. To join the discussion list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the commands "subscribe discussion" in the body of the message (the quotes are for emphasis, you should not include them with the message). Upon joining you will receive instructions on how to unsubscribe from the list if you so choose. You will not be automatically subscribed to the new mailing list so it is up to you to join. You do not need to unsubscribe from Canada-Votes, this will be done automatically on October 31. For more information or clarification, post here or visit our website at http://www.fairvotecanada.org/index.html Regards, Chris Billows for Fair Vote Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED]
