Dazed and Confused (en francais)

Dazed and Confused

Garth is responding to an email from a voter in his riding:

Like you, I have made political choices. I chose to run for a nomination for the Conservative party in Halton, because this party best represents what I believe in – less government, fairer taxes, more free enterprise, more opportunity, and yet a progressive agenda that cares about people, families, the environment and the future. I want to be in a party where morals, ethics and principles matter. We need to respect people in politics, and politicians need to earn that respect. I hope to earn yours.

I look forward to seeing you at the Town Hall meeting. Please come forward, so I can see the person behind the heartfelt words.

Garth

While it's rather simplistic to say I wish we had 307 ridings working as hard as Garth, there's a degree of truth to it. National polls are one thing, but the battles are fought and won in the individual ridings. All the policy in the world won't win elections without organization and planning. The internet offers unlimited collaboration tools for ridings to work together. An election is only 36 days and that is not enough time to get the necessary work done.

Write a letter to the editor, phone a local call in show, find your local candidate and see what is happening. If we wait for a fall or spring elections - it will be too late. Now is the time to stand up and be counted.

THAT's what I think about polls.