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“mason. SEPTEMBER 22. ”admit-mm - 5 llâ€"I j www.luthervillage.org Ii ’ 5 0‘“ ’ When the tasks of daily life seem endless... Who is there for you? . . i \, - . c. _' ; there is always someone therefor you. And always something fun to do! It's luxurious Assisted Retirement Living. Where instead of doing tedious choresâ€"do what you want to do! Experience the warm and friendly community. The feeling of comfort i and safety. The feeling of...home. Call us today for tour. g Call Carol at 519-783-3710 0 141 Father David Bauer Dr. Waterloo ON Democratic institutions Minister Maryam Monsef addresses a forum on electoral reform held last week in Kitchener. mm mason more ' 'fdalf "”3\”\3‘l"5 Waterloo R on e er orum < i . i -. cg! ; p . c C 1 £ 3 i C pushes the need for electoral reform i . ‘ c . . i 1 i . < .1 ~ t/ .1 .l MAI)“ lac-son a room) because we are com- many different opinions." 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From there. an allrparty par- 'We have quite an active The liberal push to reform .' ‘ f ‘- “ '_ ‘ ' ‘ ' ' liamentarycommitteewillsuh community here when it govemmentdidcatdrthelreof ‘ " " ' ' 'â€" V v _ V ‘ â€" ' " _ ” -' _ ‘ ' mit a report and recommenda comes to electoral reform a few in the consultation. with a â€" ~~ « â€"- â€"\ w ~ â€"_ ,. [ions to Parliament by Dec 1, and democratic reform," said some saying it is 'sdf-serving' V :3 ‘ R 1- . \ ~ ~ 2016. (linger. for the current government a‘ ‘4 " ~ ‘ . , While there were differ The idea ofa referendum to to change the rules while in ’ W W 7 ‘ ‘_ , ing opinions regarding how to decide the future of Canada‘s power. ‘ 4 “ N ‘ " " ‘ I ""33‘“ ' ‘ ' ’ “a“ 5‘ replace the current first past cit-moral process was brought 'The Liberal Party has done ' f‘ “ " ' d l i theposl system, nearly all in up once during the meeting, well historically under first ' \ ‘ ' a ' ‘ ' attendance agreed that some hut it was met with boos from pagrtheposl.’ said Manse-f. 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