Letter to the Editor
Editor,
This is in response to the letter from a former Green Party candidate who is advocating people vote strategically this election. That writer does not represent the Green Party, the local Green Party organization or Green Party supporters.
One of the reasons our democratic system is quickly eroding is because people are deciding how to cast their ballot based on who they do not want elected, which we call strategic voting, rather than voting for a candidate or party who best represents their values and priorities. The Green Party best represents our values, with its sustainable economic, social and environmental policies.
Like most Canadians, our vision of Canada is very different from that of Mr. Harper’s, but we are willing to tolerate a couple of years of Conservative minority government if it means in the future we will have a government that includes the Green Party.
If people base their voting decision on polls, or the ‘flavour of the week’, we will continue to have a government that does not truly represent the majority of Canadians.
Greg and Suzanne Brown, Meaford
