Calling upon all Members of Parliament

This morning Real Democracy issued a letter to all members of parliament calling upon them to stand up for Canada and demand of the Prime Minister that David Emerson attempt to seek an honest mandate from the people of Vancouver-Kingsway by running in a by-election to be held promptly.

While writing the letter I had the occasion to reflect upon how much a bunch of regular citizens, with no funding and no backing from any political party, have managed to achieve over the past ten weeks.

Stephen Harper claimed yesterday that its just the “same 10 people” who oppose his appointment of the Liberal Emerson to the Conservative cabinet. Unsurprising. While we waited for Harper to arrive yesterday we joked about what sarcastic quip the Prime Minister would lob in our direction. He couldn’t be more wrong, but yes, he really is that predictable.

The bottom line is that hundreds of volunteers have rallied behind our campaign to bring back a little real democracy to Canada, thousands of supporters have come out to our protests and events, and millions of Canadians share our view – confirmed by various polling firms – that Emerson should resign and run again in a by-election.

The full text of our letter to MP’s (which was also sent out in a slightly different format to media outlets across the country) is available here.