The Regina Public Interest Research Group and The University of Regina’s Department of Political Science have invited Dr. Dennis Pilon a political scientist from the University of Victoria and author of The Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada's Electoral System to Regina.
Dr. Pilon will deliver two public lectures while he is in Regina.
The first lecture is on Tuesday February 23rd in Room 114 of the Education Building from 3:00 - 5:00pm (including discussion time);
The second will be at Chapters bookstore from 7:30 until 9:00 that same evening.
Dr. Pilon is a noted scholar of electoral systems and reform, and is a member of Fair Vote Canada’s Advisory Board.
The Saskatchewan Chapter of Fair Vote Canada will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in two stages.
The first meeting will be held in Regina, Saturday, February 20th
-Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre
-2900 13th Avenue
-The Boardroom
-2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
The second meeting will be held a week later, February 27th in Saskatoon.
- Amigo's Cantina
-632 - 10th Street East (one block east of Broadway)
-The back room
-2:00 pmto 4:00 pm
We hope all Fair Vote members in Saskatchewan can find the time to attend. We would like to take this opportunity to talk about what we have been up to during our first year of operation and what we would like to accomplish in the coming year. We have some ambitious plans for 2010 and we need some energetic and dedicated people to lend a hand.
We are also hoping some of you will put your names forward for election to the Chapter Executive.The process is contained within Article IV of our bylaws which can be found by following this link.
All members of Fair Vote Canada living in Saskatchewan are eligible to run for office. If you are interested in running for any of the open positions please send an e-mail to fairvotesask@gmail.comwith a note stating your intention to run in the following format.
I (insert your name) a member of Fair Vote Canada and living at (insert your address) do hereby offer my name for one of the positions in the Fair Vote Canada, Saskatchewan Chapter Executive.
If elected I will serve.
No expressions of interest will be accepted after 6:00 pm, Wednesday, February 17th.
You will receive an e-mail response to confirm your interest. Once that confirmation is received your name will be placed on the ballot.
The election will be held in two phases. The ballot box will be open first at the Regina AGM then after the meeting it will be sealed. The box will be reopened at the Saskatoon AGM and when all ballots are cast at that meeting, the ballots will be counted and the successful candidates announced.
Non members are welcome but cannot vote although membership application forms will be available and we welcome new members. We hope to see you there
Planning is underway to schedule our Annual General Meeting which we will hold in two parts. The first in Regina and the second in Saskatoon.
All of our Executive positions are up for re-election so we will be looking for interested Fair Vote members to let their names stand. We are hoping for a good turnout.
Please check back and we will post meeting details and information on the nomination process as soon as we have more information.
In Saskatchewan Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament held rallies in three cities. Representatives from the Saskatchewan Chapter of Fair Vote Canada attended all three.
In Regina the rally was held on the Scarth Street Mall and a couple of independent counts put the crowd at 300 plus. Despite the wind tunnel created by the down town high-rises, the crowd was engaged and boisterous. Two members of our Chapter executive spoke to the crowd wearing their other hats. Mike Burton a Political Science Masters Student and Larissa Shasko who is the leader of the Green Party in Saskatchewan. Electoral reform was spoken of by several speakers and Dr. Joyce Green from the U of R was particularly persuasive about it in her presentation. We had five people from the Saskatchewan Chapter at the rally and we managed to hand out all the leaflets we had and we gathered 132 signatures on the Declaration.
Saskatoon’s rally was held outside City Hall in the blowing snow but despite the weather, 450 people turned out. We were a little light on the ground in Saskatoon but all the leaflets were handed out and well received. Proportional representation and Fair Vote Canada specifically was talked about by speakers. No declarations were gathered.
An indoor rally was held in Prince Albert, those guys know how to beat the cold weather. About fifty people braved the storm to attend, thirty three of those signed the declaration and we distributed leaflets.
Fair Vote Canada supporters are attend the anti-proroguing rallies all across Canada today distributing leaflets and encouraging participants that one way to encourage change is to join Fair Vote Canada.
In Saskatchewan, our Chapter will be distributing materials in Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina.
We hope to see you there on this snowy Saturday afternoon.
Fair Vote Canada
(FVC) is a multi-partisan citizens' campaign for voting system reform. Canadians from all points on the political spectrum, all regions and all walks of life are joining FVC to demand a fair voting system - a fundamental requirement for healthy representative democracy and government accountability.
