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[Louisette Lanteigne]

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From: Jennifer Ross <jenn at jenniferross.ca>
Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Subject: [capp] Cooperate for Canada Event, Thurs. Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
To: Canadians Advocating Political Participation <capp at sobac.com>


 
Dear Waterloo Region CAPPers,
 
This Waterloo 
event is a first in Canada, and the topic may be of high interest 
to a lot of you.  Please, come have your say - share your support, your 
concern, or get help to make up your mind - on the movement for 
party cooperation that is catching fire across Canada! 
 
And please share widely.
 
Anita and Jenn
Citizens for Cross-Party Cooperation 
KW
Cooperate for 
Canada
Thursday February 16, 

7 PM
Waterloo Inn

Featuring:
Liberal:John 
Deverell, Policy Director of the Pickering-Scarborough East federal Liberal 
Association

NDP:Jamie Heath, Nathan Cullen Campaign 
Manager, former Research and Communications Director to Jack 
Layton,

Green:: Katherine Acheson, Campaign Manager for Elizabeth 
May
  Matthew Carroll, Director of 
the Leadnow Campaign "Cooperate for Canada"

Speakers to be 
followed by Q+A and 

town hall style discussion
Free event, no registration, everyone welcome. More 
info: lanickerson at b2b2c.ca
 
More 
info:
You 
may be interested in a groundbreaking event we’re convening this Thursday 
in Kitchener-Waterloo.

NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen has attracted attention by 
proposing the unthinkable – opposition party cooperation. He wants the NDP, 
Liberals and Greens to run jointly nominated candidates to defeat 
the Conservative federal government and bring in democratic voting 
reform. 
Leadnow.ca just floated the party cooperation idea to their 
supporters, first on social media and then in a survey to their 80,000 
supporters. Based on an overwhelming "yes", they have just launched the 
campaign "Cooperate for Canada", which has gained thousands of supporters in a 
few days. 
Apparently ordinary Canadians are willing not only to 
support party cooperation but to join the NDP, Liberal and Green parties to 
bend the ears of the people whot make the decisions. Grassroots groups are 
springing up across Canada to help launch this initiative.
The 
parties may not be happy about this, but voters want a Parliament which works 
for them.
"Cooperate for Canada" is the first event in 
Canadain which 
someone from each of the centre-left parties, plus Leadnow, will speak 
publicly about the need to explore party 
cooperation to defeat the Conservatives and show how it can be 
done.
 We’d be very happy to see you at the meeting on 
Thursday.
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