Hello,

We hope all is as well as can be in this ongoing challenging time.  Thank you very much for signing  Democracy Watch’s Stop Any Snap Election petition here on Change.org.

While the Governor General didn’t say no to Prime Minister Trudeau’s snap election call, you and the more than 20,000 other people who signed the petition raised public awareness about just how bad an idea snap elections are, as this election campaign has shown. 

For example, see this Global News article published just a couple of days after the petition was launched, when 2,500 people had already signed the petition.

Snap elections are not only unfair, they are illegal.  That's why Democracy Watch has filed a court case challenging Trudeau’s snap election call – with the hope that the courts will rule, like the British Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2019, that the Prime Minister can’t just shut down Parliament whenever he wants without a good reason.

Democracy Watch also filed court cases challenging the B.C. Premier’s snap election call last fall, and the New Brunswick Premier’s snap election call.

Please click here now to find out more and support these court cases and Democracy Watch’s campaign to stop snap elections across Canada.

I am also writing to provide you with Democracy Watch’s Special Election Update – as Monday, Sept. 20th is election day. 

You can see Democracy Watch’s Report Card on the Parties’ Democratic Reform Platforms by clicking here.

Secondly, you can remind all the parties and candidates this weekend that you support key democracy changes by:

1. Sharing Democracy Watch’s posts on Facebook (click here) and Twitter (click here).
2. Downloading and posting to your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts the “I’m Voting For” sign by clicking here.
3. Downloading and printing out the “I’m Voting For” door-hanger by clicking here.

And you can see and share all the videos 14 well-known Canadians have done for VoteParty.ca here and VotePromise.ca here, and help non-voters voting in the election by:

1. Making the #VotePromise at: http://VotePromise.ca and sharing the celebrity videos on other posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok (see links to those social media accounts on the VotePromise.ca homepage).
2. Making a #VoteDate at: http://VoteParty.ca and sharing celebrity videos and other posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok (see links to those social media accounts on the VoteParty.ca homepage).

There are also great images you can download and share for VotePromise.ca by clicking here, and for Vote​Party.ca by clicking here.

You can make a tax-deductible, charitable donation to help Democracy Education Network keep its leading voter and civics education efforts going in future elections by clicking here now!

And if you want to buy a VoteParty.ca T-shirt or hoodie, please click here.

Thank you for your support,

Duff, Josephine, Brad

and everyone at Democracy Watch

P.S. Even $5 a month will help Democracy Watch win key changes after the election to stop government and big business abuses of power across Canada that hurt you and your family.  Your donation here will be very much appreciated, and very effectively used to win key changes