A big thank you to everyone who helped during this election. Several ClimateFast members helped campaigns recommended by the Not One Seat strategic voting campaign.
It is natural to feel frustrated with the outcome. The parties chose to gamble with our future, and we all lost as a result. But I also feel heartened - very grateful for the volunteer time and energy so many of us put in to try to make a difference. And we did make a difference; you can read more here.
Clearly vast numbers of voters across the province were willing to vote conservative despite the disastrous governance record by Doug Ford over the last seven years. But the percent vote support was still a minority - 43%.
Our message of the need for electoral cooperation was resonating with the public - with 3 in 10 of voters saying they were casting a strategic vote. Some estimates of the number voting strategically is even higher - as much as 65%.
One thing is for sure, this election, like so many others, shows how important your vote is. It may just seem like one vote - but the results may be very very close indeed. The NDP won in Mushkegowuk-James Bay by just 4 votes. And in Humber River Black Creek the NDP won by 198 votes. Our votes and our volunteer contributions matter, and would matter even more if we could get the party leaders to consider supporting a win-win-win approach, rather than the current lose-lose-lose.
Not One Seat has a sign-on letter to Ontario Liberal, NDP and Green party leaders - please consider adding your voice to ask them to coooperate, from now through the next election, in the interests of the province as a whole.
Cooperate for Canada is starting our federal election campaign. There are many options for getting involved, from signing a letter, to writing letters to riding associations, to joining a local chapter. Please sign up here.
Thank you so much!
Lyn Adamson (for the ClimateFast team and the Cooperate for Canada campaign) | 
