Is it just me?

[carynb]

So, we're entering political/election frenzy here in Canada.

Being a reasonably concerned citizen, in a bit of a quandary about which way to vote this time 'round, I decided I should start trying to follow the evening news to see what the various political leaders are saying/doing. I'm never home in time to catch all of the 6:00 news, so I've been trying to watch the 11:00.

Note the use of the word "trying", there. It doesn't matter which channel I'm watching, by 11:10 I'm shaking myself awake on the couch, and heading to bed. So, if the coverage isn't in the first 5 minutes, I'm missing it.

So, the Global coverage is flat out - they do the "breaking news in Toronto" stuff first, so I'm not awake long enough to get to the politics. The CBC seems the one with the most "outside Toronto" coverage, which is what I want.

Is the delivery just dull? If I sat down at my computer at that point to catch up on LJ, or read some comics, or even play solitaire, I could easily be up for another hour or two. I'm starting to think that TV-watching is just too passive for me after 10. I'm interested in what's going on, and there's information in there that I want. Maybe I'm more a child of the MTV generation than I thought...

I guess I'll be getting my election coverage from the weekend paper.

Comments

CPC

[halfabee.livejournal.com]

I think when Reform became Alliance they left most of the far right people behind them and the remainder got dropped with the merger with the PCs. I did a quick scan of their website http://www.conservative.ca and the only item which set off alarm bells was the bit about "family definition" being decided by Parliment rather than the courts. (Not that I necessarily want the courts making all the rules, but still...)

Anyway, when you vote, you are essentially voting for two people - your local representative and the party leader. Try to find out what they are saying and doing and have said and done.