Shayne;
As we discussed, yesterday, I'm concerned that your
organization, representative of the student body at OUC Kelowna North
Campus, has seen fit to hold and promote what you refer to as an "all
candidates' forum". Quite the contrary, according to what you told
me.
You told me that you had a limited capacity and that you
didn't have room to fit me in, the only excluded candidate of a total of 5
candidates, though I'm a registered candidate, representing a bona-fide,
registered political party, the Canadian Action Party - www.canadianactionparty.ca.
As I told you, I only weigh 110 pounds; surely you could
make room for li'l ol' me.
Why would you would mis-represent to the student body, the
stated purpose of your "all-candidates'" forum? Is it not imperative that in
order to make informed decisions, we first require all
of the information? It appears to me that you are doing those students that you
are representative of, a dis-service.
I dare say, Shayne, that your position is not only
contradictory to the billing of your forum but that it flies in the face of the
spirit of any democratic electoral process. Your position also flies in the face
of the stated purpose of academia - to create critically-thinking minds.
It is my humble opinion that many people already possess
these critical-thinking skills and that somewhere in the hierarchy of your
organization or perhaps the organization that controls you, a private agenda
exists that wishes to censor free speech in order to circumvent the process of
first gathering all of the pertinent information before making a critical
decision.
It is my humble opinion that your position is obstructive
of the electoral process and that it is a violation of the spirit of the Canada
Elections Act.
Yours very truly,
CAP candidate for Kelowna - Lake
Country