Dreaming of a Green and Reform Province of Ontario

The Referendum Election of 2007 in Ontario has given us a Liberal, Tory and NDP story, so with Dalton Mcguinty about to become the next Governing Premier again plus the Liberals about to become the next Governing Party, I ask that people look towards an electoral battle royale in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound.

Having worked for the local campaigns, endorsed or volunteered for three of the five parties and their candidates of record in the riding today, I can easily say though Bill Murdoch and his Progressive Conservatives will massively win the electoral riding, I believe Bill Cook and his Reform Party of Ontario and Shane Jolley and his Green Party of Ontario deserve a second look.

Everyone in the riding not wanting to vote for Bognor Bill Murdoch's Tories should look at both of these pro-grassroots-friendly choices, again knowing all three personally, I know each care for the region and want only the best for the constituents who have likely worked, played and lived there for the majority of their lives.

Right here in Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Grit Teddy Mac is our version of Bognor Bill, populist, social activist and man of work within the cloth for the United Church of Canada on social justice issues, as the anti-amalgamation Mayor of Flamborough holds moral authority of the people on their issues locally so he should win.

Liberals will simply win the government at Queen's Park tomorrow, shouldn't Toronto have an independent member representing them from home in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound too, one that will not just speak for the government in Toronto, as Teddy Mac will do here in Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, but instead speak for the people back home just as it should be.

Yes, so this dream has me hoping for a Green and Reform comeback in my home riding, perhaps a rebirth of both provincial political parties would be a good thing for democracy in this province and perhaps to the point of giving us a much needed realignment.