[fvc-wat-disc] All-candidates debate mishap

[Bryn Ossington]

who was it that made and enforced these rules?



On 9/27/07, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>
> So I went down to Grey Silo golf course (!?) tonight to attend the
> K-W all-candidates meeting and put out our literature. We were *not*
> permitted to put out literature on the literature table. I was given
> the reason that it was "not neutral" and that they would accept only
> neutral (i.e. Referendum Ontario) material there. (Because, you know,
> it's a debate. There's no place for partisan material at an
> ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING.)
>
> To add insult to injury, they *confiscated* the black OCA books that
> another candidate (Judy Greenwood-Speers) had included with her other
> campaign literature. Those were not our OCA books. Judy had ordered
> them for her own campaign.
>
> In other news, Liberal candidate Louise Ervin said that she had
> carefully studied the proposal and did not like it because the 30
> (sic) list MPPs would be appointed and not elected, and because the
> number of elected (i.e. riding) MPPs would go down to 90. That's
> right. A candidate for our riding studied the proposal so thoroughly
> that she did not get the number of seats correct. (That's not a slam
> against the Liberals. It's a slam against the level of education
> around this issue, which the Record is doing its best to stymie.)
>
> If you don't believe me about the referendum literature confiscation,
> ask Adam Glauser.
>
> If you don't believe me about Ervin, watch the debate (which the
> Record may publish online).
>
> I don't know what to do about this. I am thoroughly frustrated.
>
> - Paul
>
>
> --
> Paul Nijjar  http://www.fairvotecanada.org/WaterlooRegion
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