Provincial election signs are starting to dot the landscape as candidates attempt to connect with the public by any and all means, even those as wasteful monetarily and environmentally as that signage.
With election day less than a month away, leaders of the three main parties are campaigning around the province, making promises and criticizing plans of their opponents. As always, negativity toward opposing parties will be more common than presenting visions for the future and what voters can expect when/if their party is successful in forming government.
How about some positivity in overwhelmingly negative times? Present a platform of inspiration, not denigration. We know it’s a pipe dream. Going negative is the norm, but we can always hope.
While Green leader Sonia Furstenau, NDP leader David Eby and BC Conservative leader John Rustad provide daily sound bites province-wide, voters in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding will hear from candidates during an all-candidates meeting in Evergreen Theatre at Powell River Recreation Complex on October 7 (6 to 8 pm).
Let’s hope local riding candidates Chris Hergesheimer, (Greens), Chris Moore (Conservatives), Randene Neill (NDP) and Greg Reid (Independent) choose to answer questions asked rather than regurgitating their party’s platform or providing an answer that doesn’t relate to the question. Again, we can only hope, as politicians and wannabe politicians prefer to control the message and provide their own spin.
Stories and sound bites may sway voters, or maybe all-candidates meetings will be a determining factor, but no one is likely to make a decision based on election signs, so please, parties and candidates, stop with that archaic practice and move into the current century.
General election day is October 19. Options for advance and mail-in voting are available.
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