If I’m really lucky, I’ve probably got about 30 years to help make it happen. If you want to get involved please visit Fair Vote Canada and sign the Declaration of Voters Rights. They’re hosting an event in Toronto on Saturday, May 26th to launch the Fair Vote Canada Action Network:
We’re at one of those true turning points in Canadian political history. Momentum for electoral reform has never been stronger. That’s why we’re offering a special deal for first-time attendees: Just $20 gets you admission to the convention and a full-year’s membership in Canada’s national movement for proportional representation.
with Craig Scott, MP (NDP), Stephane Dion, MP (Liberal), and Elizabeth May, MP (Green) (Live from Saanich-Gulf Islands) on how they plan to bring proportional representation to the top of the agenda in their own parties and make it a major election issue in 2015.
Learn the method and power behind building a massive online and on-the-ground movement from Jamie Biggar, Executive Director of Leadnow.ca, Canada’s fastest growing online citizen’s campaign.
Trade activist strategies with a powerhouse of Canada’s youth environmental movement, Tria Donaldson, as she shares her online and on-the-ground tools that we can use to mobilize Canadians to demand fair elections.
Join facilitator Bronwen Bruch for Scenario Dialogues, a cutting-edge method of looking objectively at all paths to win proportional representation in Canada, and developing strategies to move forward. These cross-sectoral dialogue-and-action processes were first used in 1991 and 1992 to bring together a diverse group of South Africans to effect the transition from apartheid to electoral democracy.
Tap into the experience and expertise of Shayna Englin (live from Washington, D.C.), Principal of Englin Consulting, a team which develops the most effective strategies, plans and campaigns to mobilize grassroots advocacy organizations to win. Englin’s successful campaigns have included Tobacco vs. Kids, Equality California, and more!
Get inspired by Canada’s top voting reform experts. Dennis Pilon will show us how citizens of other countries have successfully reformed their voting systems, and reflect on our own journey. Henry Milner will tell us how we can engage today’s youth (tomorrow’s voters) in the fight for a vote that counts.
New to the cause? Got questions? Class is in session. Dr. Milner will also be running Voting Systems 101.
Ever wonder what it’s like to live in a democracy where nearly every vote counts? Activist Steve Withers will be beamed in live all the way from New Zealand. He’ll take your questions on how the Kiwis scrapped first past the post for proportional representation, and what that transition has meant for democracy.
Let inspirational Canadian women Sylvia Bashevkin and Donna Dasko take you beyond the glass ceiling, as we strive for gender parity in our houses of government.
Finally, be part of the official launch of Fair Vote Canada’s new Action Network. Teams of activists will be joining us from living rooms across the country to decide our first collective action, together!
