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Fair Vote Canada - Annual Meeting and Conference

"Voters' Rights Now! Advancing Electoral Reform in an Era of Minority Government"

8:30am  -  Welcome

8:35am  -  Fair Vote Canada business meeting

9:00am  -  Grassroots Mobilization: What Can the Fair Vote Movement Learn from the Anti-Prorogation Experience?

• Vanessa Gordon, activist, Canadiens opposés à la prorogation du Parlement (Montréal)
• Judy Rebick, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair for Justice and Democracy, author of Transforming Power

10:00am  - Reaching Conservatives on Electoral Reform

• Walter Robinson, Principal, Tactix Government Relations and Public Affaris, former Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

10:30am - Break

10:45am  - Parliamentary and Electoral Reform: Emerging Opportunities in Today's Minority Government Environment

• Carolyn Bennett, MP, Liberal Party
• Paul Dewar, MP, New Democratic Party

11:30am - Parliamentary Democracy and Minority Governments

• Dr. Peter Russell, Professor Emeritus, author of Two Cheers for Minority Government, editor of Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis

12:15pm  -  Lunch

1:30pm  -  Campaign Finance Reform and Fair Elections

• Dr. Robert MacDermid, political scientist, author of Funding City Politics

2:00pm  -  Electoral Reform Developments in Quebec: Grassroots and Judicial Campaigns

•  Dr. Henry Milner, editor, Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count
• Mercédez Roberge, présidente, Mouvement pour une démocratie nouvelle 

2:45pm  -  Breakout groups: session 1  (participant-developed topics)

3:45pm  -  Breakout groups: session 2  (participant-developed topics)

4:30pm  -  Group reports

5:00pm  -  Adjourn