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Abandoned by the Conservatives, Stephen Harper where are you?
10/02/08
After the election was called on September 7th it was almost two weeks until I saw any sign of campaigning by our local Conservative candidate. Up unil that point I only saw signs from the NDP and Green party on my trips to and from home and work. I looked up out candidates name out of interest the might before I drove across town on the 19th and saw my first local Conservative candidates road sign. Now, a little more than a week later, a few signs have sprouted up. I really shouldn't be surprised the Conservatives aren't putting much effort into my riding, the past two elections they have trailed the Liberals by a huge margin.
I'm not very impressed with the campaigning so far. Between the Conservative attack ads and the Liberals being MIA on an explanation of what their Green Shift plan is all about I am disengaged and disinterested. The first time I heard a cognizant explanation of what the Green Shift was on a CBC comedy show on the same day I saw my first local Conservative election sign, or maybe it was a week later.
Maybe I'd be more engaged if the parties were talking about the proposed ACTA which will turn our ISP's intp copyright police and have the Canada Border service agents searching through our laptops and iPods for illegally copied materials. I think I'm surly because our Prime Minister decided to call an election when he thought he could win a majority, he's probably right but that doesn't mean I have to like it. There is no doubt the Liberals will win once again in my riding, I think I'll vote Green to make them feel better.
1 comment
Sign campaigns are a funny thing. Sometimes the most-sure-of-winning candidates don’t put them up either, and some campaigns focus more on literature or canvassing. Driving into Toronto last weekend I saw a total of one Liberal sign, and the part of Thornhill I saw was a two-way sign campaign between the Conservatives and Greens. Further out in 905-land one looks about and wonders if we should send out search parties to find out if the NDP still exists. Anyway, try and meet your candidates, ask them to respond to the issues that concern you, and do try to catch the local candidates debate.
