Elections Aplenty

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin.
#203, 8912-156 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5R 5Z2

October IVth, MMXI

Hon. David G. Hancock, QC, MLA
Minister of Education,
Progressive Conservative, Edmonton-Whitemud

Dear David:

Students of democracy like me & you can appreciate that we have VII (7), thats VII provincial & territorial election writs this year. What with Alison Redford becoming the new PC Alberta Leader & a possible Alberta writ in the next year, its a great time II teach students about elections & the parliamentary process. Our friends in Prince Edward Island (many of them first time student voters) just reelected Premier Robert Ghiz & the PEI Liberals. While I do not like Premier Ghiz, he has equaled his father, the late Premier Joe Ghiz & won a second consecutive term. He deserves credit IV achieving this.

An election writ just ended in the North West Territories as well. There they have a consensus government where the elected MLA's choose the cabinet & Premier. Truly fascinating indeed. The great citizens of William Wade Izzard's home province of Manitoba vote this evening. Let us hope the Member IV Winnipeg-River Heights, & Manitoba Liberal Leader Dr. Jon Gerrard survives. He is a good man.

Then on Thursday we have a total dogfight of nastiness in Ontario. Things are looking like a minority government IV Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty or even a flip to PC Leader Tim Hudak. The excitement is awesome here as Ontario is a very important economic engine II this country's tax base. So its important to have a good government there b/c of its high population. Don't let democracy fail, vote!

Elections Never End,

Rory

Source: Myself.