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Chamber changes all-candidates' meeting
10 September 2010
A significant change was made today to the Chamber's all-candidates' meeting, Sept. 22: council candidates have been bumped to 3:30 p.m., instead of the evening.
This will make it difficult for working people in this community to attend, including candidates themselves. Very unfortunate arrangement or council candidates, who also have to arrive before 3 p.m. to go through the prelims, but will likely have a much-reduced audience.
There was no confirmation that this abruptly-revised meeting would be televised on Rogers TV, as the later meeting will be (mayoral and deputy-mayoral candidates still speak at 7 p.m.)
The letter from the Chamber starts by shouting in all-caps at the readers, which makes this seem rather authoritarian (or at the very least poorly presented):
After the speeches, the "media panel" will be allowed to pose questions. Audience questions apparently have to be pre-written and given to the moderator in advance. The moderator then chooses which questions to ask of the candidates.
This will make it difficult for working people in this community to attend, including candidates themselves. Very unfortunate arrangement or council candidates, who also have to arrive before 3 p.m. to go through the prelims, but will likely have a much-reduced audience.
There was no confirmation that this abruptly-revised meeting would be televised on Rogers TV, as the later meeting will be (mayoral and deputy-mayoral candidates still speak at 7 p.m.)
The letter from the Chamber starts by shouting in all-caps at the readers, which makes this seem rather authoritarian (or at the very least poorly presented):
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• CANDIDATES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT UP OR DISPLAY SIGNS OF ANY KIND ON THE LEGION PROPERTY OR INSIDE THE LEGION.
• CANDIDATES ARE PERMITTED TO PASS OUT HANDOUTS OR PLACE THEM ON CHAIRS BUT YOU HAVE TO PICK UP ALL OF YOUR MATERIAL THAT IS LEFT OVER FOLLOWING THE ALL CANDIDATES MEETING.
• CANDIDATES ARE PERMITTED TO PASS OUT HANDOUTS OR PLACE THEM ON CHAIRS BUT YOU HAVE TO PICK UP ALL OF YOUR MATERIAL THAT IS LEFT OVER FOLLOWING THE ALL CANDIDATES MEETING.
After the speeches, the "media panel" will be allowed to pose questions. Audience questions apparently have to be pre-written and given to the moderator in advance. The moderator then chooses which questions to ask of the candidates.
SNEAKY SNEAKY.