With Canada having a minority government, we could be back in election mode in the blink of an eye. Judging by the ads on TV, it would seem the Conservative Party already is in that mode.
On that note, it would seem appropriate for me to post a series of articles I did for the last federal election. I came up with a number of topics that seemed to be important to the electorate and decided to articles on those topics only. Rather than respond to the flurry of new releases from each candidate, I took control of the process. The candidates seemed to respond well to it.
The topic areas for the last election were: crime, health care, forestry (in that riding, it’s a huge issue), finances, environment and social issues. In the social issues article, several topics were questioned, including post-secondary education, child care, senior care and poverty. These were monster articles and a ton of work, but I think it was worth it. It gave voters who read the Quesnel Observer in January 2006 a good snapshot of what each candidate had to say on each topic.
It was nice to see other papers in the Black Press chain picking those articles up. One editor said he thought the articles were really good. That’s always nice to hear.
For this post, I’ll start with the article on crime. It’s a perpetual election topic, with plenty of misinformation.
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