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Your action of following the flock is extremely disappointing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Could you please explain to me why you voted against this idea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue will only become bigger until all parties recognize the need, and desire for change and allow a Democratic review of our electoral system by a Citizens Assembly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely, Kim deLagran <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utterson, Ontario&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear MP Scott Atchison,\u00a0 A few weeks ago you met with constituents who had gathered many signatures on a petition asking for Parliament to form a Citizens Assembly to look [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":128548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open letter to MP Scott Aitchison | Letters - Huntsville Doppler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During the discussion, Muskoka Councillors made multiple comments suggesting that it is the community that needs to lead with respect to climate action. 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