Passing this on: URGENT - Please help defeat Motion 312!
Journalist Chantal Hébert thinks that the September 26 vote on the motion
will be tight: Although we believe the votes are not really there to
support it, it’s crucial that all pro-choice MPs actually show up to vote, because the anti-choice MPs will! Here's a list of things you can do to help ensure enough No votes against
Motion 312 on Se
p 26:
1. Target NDP and Liberal party leaders and ask them to ensure their entire
caucus is there to vote because the vote might be close. (Thomas Mulcair:
thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca , Bob Rae: bob.rae@parl.gc.ca ).
2. Email pro-choice MPs to remind them of the vote on Sep 26 and the
importance of being there to vote No.
3. Ask Harper (stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca ) to remind his Cabinet and caucus
to vote against the motion, and recommend that he discipline any Cabinet
member who defies his order.
4. Ask Conservative cabinet ministers to respect their leader's wishes.
5. Continue targeting anti-choice and 'unknown stance' MPs to oppose the
motion.
Resources:
- Email addresses of all MPs according to stance on abortion rights, ready
to copy and paste into your To or Bcc box:
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/action/email-list-mps.html (or do a search there to
find and select individual ones)
- Email addresses for Cabinet members and Ministers of State:
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/action/email-list-mps.html#cab
- Phone numbers of anti-choice and 'unknown stance' MPs:
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/action/M-312-letter-anti-choice-MPs.html#anti
- List of pro-choice MPs:
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/action/prochoice-unknown-mps-2011.html
- Phone numbers of pro-choice MPs (look up individually):
http://www.parl.gc.ca/membersofparliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?Language
E&TimePeriod=Current
- Party affiliation and ridings for all MPs:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/membersofparliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?Language
E&TimePeriod=Current
- More info on Motion 312 and actions you can take:
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/m312.html
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial/article/799733--harper-must-deftly
