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Last week activists seeking a by-election for Vancouver-Kingsway shipped off to Ottawa two giant postcard-petitions. Psst. Can you keep a secret? The "loon" has landed. Pass the word.

Each of the four foot by eight foot petitions is covered with the signatures of scores of Vancouver-Kingsway residents, all calling upon the Prime Minister and David Emerson to do the right thing - call a by-election for Vancouver-Kingsway.

If you missed the opportunity to sign these petitions, you can still make your voice heard. Help us continue to remind the Prime Minister that real Canadians want our country's democracy protected, by sending them a postcard in the mail of your own - postage free.

If you have a printer, and some card stock (80 pound or 110 pound weight from a local office supply store), you can make your own postcards for friends and neighbours to send. Down load the template here (PDF).

Remember - mail to any Member of Parliament goes postage-free!

Next week marks 100 days of mis-representation so lets be sure to remind David Emerson and Stephen Harper that we are all still waiting for them to stand up for Canada and do the right thing.

Posted by De-Elect David Emerson at 06:48 AM | Permalink

When politicians or government do things people disagree with, many of us shrug our shoulders and say or think "but what can I do?"

The answer: letter writing. When one person sends an email, or postage-free letter via regular mail, to their Member of Parliament (MP), its duly noted and perhaps even acted upon. When 10 or 100 or 1,000 people do the same, the MP's staff make sure that political staff and even the MP are notified. A rising tide of public opinion can and often does move an MP's own opinion, and when enough MP's change opinion, government must as well.

MP's are frequently elected on slim margins, and in this minority parliament, you can bet that most MP's have not forgotten that getting re-elected is something they all have to face in the not too distant future.

Making letter writing easy: Another independent group with a focus on democracy in Canada has developed a very handy tool which makes it easy to send your thoughts to one MP, or to three hundred and eight! The Demos, stemming from the greek word demokratia, provides on their Letters and Contact page a useful letter-writing tool that makes it easy to send a note to government leaders, or even to all MP's of a particular party or province.

Help improve Canada's democracy - write letters to government, and the press - whenever you are moved by an issue. Do it often! Let them know that you aren't willing to look the other way while our votes are disrespected and devalued by those who claim to represent us.

Posted by De-Elect David Emerson at 07:49 AM | Permalink