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Ontario Referendum Part 3

September 18, 2007

The following audio clip is part three of a four part series of audio talks presented earlier this summer at the launch of FairVoteCanada’s Yes Campaign.

The event in Owen Sound was held in Owen Sound at the Public Library on June 20th. Unfortunately the event was held immediately following Snowbirds air show (you can check out some of the show here if you missed it) and it was a beautiful sunny day= not a great time to learn about electoral reform in the basement of the library.

So what was the event all about? By now I am sure you are aware that this October 10th, when we hit the polls to elect our local MPP, you will also be given the opportunity to vote in an Ontario referendum on Electoral reform in Ontario. The choices, of which you will the details in the following audio are to stick with the present First-Past the post electoral system (you can grab more details about FPtP from Referendum Ontario here) or to make a switch to a Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system (another page from Referendum Ontario about MMP).

Fair Vote Audio Part 3 (about 13 and a half minutes run time) You can listen with the flashplayer below or you may download the audio mp3 here, (right click save as)

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Podcast, The Area, Election2007, MMP, Events, Community, Features, theOwen Features, Politics, Participation 

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One Response to “Ontario Referendum Part 3”

  1. R Gordon Says:
    September 18th, 2007 at 10:56 pm

    A notice to Ontario voters about the new electoral scheme proposed in the upcoming October referendum.

    The Ontario government is attempting to change the electral boundaries and representation in Ontario to gain added power with less responsibilty to the voters. Otherwise why would the present government be asking for a referendum without full debate in both the media and on the floor of the legislature? Do you understand what the new scheme (and that’s what it appears to be) means to your ability to control the people in power? Have you been well educated on all aspects of the proposed changes? The only way to send a message to Ontario legislators from all parties (all apparently supporting the scheme) is to send them a resounding NO VOTE on the proposed legislation.

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