when he wipes the milk off his lips and gets out door knocking when he gets home from university next week I am interested in hearing from him and the perspective of a 23 year old Poli sci student

bowzone. We will have to see what he has to say.

I guess we should keep in mind that not too many people are interested in going into politics.

Morris was unopposed in PG MacKenzie, Same for Deepak, and Ryze. Osakawara was unopposed for Valemount NDP, and Shirley is the incumbent. Greens same thing.

Its not like we have a long line up of people wanting these jobs, which should give us food for thought.

My thought is, people are sick and tired of all Politicians, and have come to expect very little from them.

Its too expensive to run for politics is the problem. How many people want to be a puppet for the parties? Local candidates in the current political system don’t represent their riding to the legislature, but rather the parties to their constituents.

Look at the HST fiasco. Its was direct down from the party to the MLA to the constituents, when it should have been the reverse for public policy. They didn’t even feel it was necessary to discuss major policy in the election cycle while they were making policy. How can voters even know what they are voting for anymore when policy is not even discussed during the election campaign? How can voters give their endorsement to a party when the person they vote for doesn’t even have the ability to say what their party is really up to? How could anyone will moral fiber want to participate in that kind of system?

The way our legislature has developed in recent years the MLA’s don’t have standing… which is why the legislature sits for only a couple of weeks a year now.

The acclaimed candidates are simply empty suits for the parties and willing to ride the pines for a good pension. We will be told what is good for us and what kind of policies we will have.

That said an independent is up against a corporate funded campaign smear machine that knows no bounds in the kind of propaganda it will disseminate, and our centrally controlled corporate media is a willing accomplice.

Not having nomination races is an indication that our democracy has been brow beaten and intimidated into compliance. That the party insiders are truly the powers that determine the political debate. Heck even Elections BC has changed the rules to empower the parties over an independent challenge from outside the party politics box they have erected.

The John Cummings power fiasco for his leadership showed that the conservative party has the worst traits of party down policy making. The same kind of hidden power elitism from party brass that got us the HST fiasco and election fraud to the voters. That is why conservative public support evaporated as soon as voters realized they were no better than the BC liberals.

The John Cummings hard line on the Northern Gateway just confirms its top down and not grass roots up.

I agree that there is too much top down politics in Canada.

It does not matter if your in Provincial or Federal Politics. Party policy comes first and only.

Look at the federal back bench politicans who are being stop from speaking up in Parliment.

Between the fish bowl of the public eye and the Party saying you can orcan’t talk about; I wouldn’t want to run!

Canadian politics needs less central control and more independent voices.

Frank

MPs? Members of Parliament? Nope . Fuess again. Try Messengers from Parliament. Rocking the boat and being a sh– disturber does not a political career make.

bowzone, sounds like the perfect ndp candidate.