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Trudeau Says He Still Wants Electoral Reform, But He Also Wants Consensus

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So Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to Guelph on Friday. Not exactly the most popular guy in Canada right now, but long before his present levels of popularity there were a lot of people in the Royal City already disappointed with the PM. It all goes back to a promise made in 2015, the one where Trudeau said it would be the last election using first past the post (FPTP). We have since had two more elections with FPTP, so where does Trudeau stand now? We asked him. Continue reading “Trudeau Says He Still Wants Electoral Reform, But He Also Wants Consensus” →

Citizen Groups’ Poll on Council Make-Up: Keep 2 Councillors Per Ward

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At a special council meeting on Thursday night, Guelph City Council will vote on their own make-up for the 2022-26 term. The staff recommendation is to change council composition to eight full-time councillors, one from each of eight new wards, plus the mayor, but two electoral reform advocacy groups want to pump the brakes on the council make-up in the wake of their own poll that confirms voters want the status quo. Continue reading “Citizen Groups’ Poll on Council Make-Up: Keep 2 Councillors Per Ward” →

Zombie Play Tries to Make a Point About Electoral Reform for MP

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One year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that electoral reform was not going to happen, despite numerous promises to the contrary, a group of Guelph activists said that they’re still invested in holding the PM to his word. To do this, some concerned Guelphites decided to put on a little show, one that might appeal to the drama teacher background of the present occupant of the PMO. Watch the “zombies” descend on Lloyd Longfield’s constituency office. Continue reading “Zombie Play Tries to Make a Point About Electoral Reform for MP” →

This Week in Press Releases – September 18-22, 2017

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Every week, the City of Guelph and other groups send out notices to announce new events, imperatives, and information that you need to know. Here is this week in press releases. Continue reading “This Week in Press Releases – September 18-22, 2017” →

Fair Vote Blinds Longfield with Electoral Reform Science

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On Friday morning, Fair Vote Canada demonstrated in front of the constituency office of Lloyd Longfield on Cork St. ahead of a meeting the the Member of Parliament for Guelph. According to organizers, a meeting with Longfield last month was positive, but the MP didn’t think that Guelph cared enough to make the issue a priority. Fair Vote begged to differ. Continue reading “Fair Vote Blinds Longfield with Electoral Reform Science” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #41 – Fair Vote Guelph on Electoral Reform

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You might have heard a lot of discussion in the news about electoral reform, but what is it, what are we reforming, and what are we reforming it into? All good questions that also have the virtue of not being easy ones to answer as well. This is the podcast that, at least initially, aimed to answer those questions, but if you’re not sure where to begin on electoral reform, then this is as good a place as any to start. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #41 – Fair Vote Guelph on Electoral Reform” →

Fair Vote to Put on an Alternative Voting Explainer

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You may have noticed a lot of talk in the media about something called “electoral reform.” That’s sarcasm, of course, Guelph has been fired up about reform ever since some scalawag named after our local poutinerie made robocall a dirty word back in 2011. If the various systems being proposed to replace First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) have you scratching your head though there’s good news! Fair Vote Guelph is holding an event at the end of the month that will hopefully make things clearer. Continue reading “Fair Vote to Put on an Alternative Voting Explainer” →

Fair Vote Guelph Petitioning Longfield and Chong on Reform

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The government of Justin Trudeau is barely a month old, and it won’t even sit in Parliament for the first time till next week, but that’s not letting some people from wanting those campaign promises to be passed with immediate effect. On the subject of election reform, Fair Vote Guelph is striking while the proverbial iron is hot, and they want you to remind our local MPs of a certain election promise… Continue reading “Fair Vote Guelph Petitioning Longfield and Chong on Reform” →

Guelphites Rally Against Vote Suppression Pre-Election

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With a little less than a week to go before the election, Fair Vote Guelph and the Guelph chapter of Council of Canadians invited people to come down to a rally against voter suppression downtown in front of Old Quebec Street Mall. There, in front of what Michael Keefer called the “crime scene,” between 40 and 50 Guelphites recalled what happened in the last election, and promised to be onguard for any shenanigans that may occur on Monday. Continue reading “Guelphites Rally Against Vote Suppression Pre-Election” →