A release from Fair Vote Canada:
FVC members, volunteers and all electoral reform supporters in the Greater Toronto Area are invited to the Fair Vote Ontario campaign kick-off event Nov. 15, 2006, at the Rogers Communications Centre, Ryerson University, 80 Gould Street, Toronto. Click here to see the flyer (PDF format) for details.
Featured speakers include: Rick Anderson, Director, Fireweed Democracy Project, former advisor to Preston Manning, and Fair Vote Canada Vice President; Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.P., St. Paul’s, and recent Liberal Party leadership candidate; Judy Rebick, CAW Gindin Chair in Social Justice, Ryerson University, and Fair Vote Canada National Advisory Board; and Joe Murray, Chair, Fair Vote Ontario.
Almost every ethnic and religious group is under-represented in the Ontario Legislature. In October 2007, we citizens of Ontario will have the opportunity to change the voting system in a referendum…and the good news is that some of the available options used by democracies around the world do tend be more inclusive of diversity. Find out more. Fair Vote Ontario is holding a kick off of its “100 Days of Democracy” campaign on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. For more details about speakers and location, go to http://www.fairvote.ca/.
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