I did the Projector article covering the forum turned debate between Sam Katz and Judy Wasylycia-Leis. It was interesting that the event wasn't highly publicized. The only way we heard about it was from our instructors, which was odd. There were no annoncements anywhere else, or advertisements online or on doors(aas they usually are at RRC). It was a pretty big event too, over a hundred students showed up to watch. There were even a few who skipped class to go.
The issues that were addressed were on crime, property taxs, infrastructure as well as community centers, which ties into all three of those areas. I found it to be very informational. All the students I spoke to about it thought it was very interesting.
Some thought that Judy got cut off a lot by the event moderater Richard Cloutier of CJOB though. And then one said she thought that he did a great job moderating, so who knows. One guy I talked to thought that Judy attacked Sam way too much, but it seems that it would probably be appropriate because she is vying for his current position.
But other than a few discrepencies with the host, the students all seemed to welcome the event in their cafe that morning. I hope we can bring more political debates like this to more secondary institutes around Winnipeg. I do believe because these people met and saw Sam and Judy, that they will vote for one of them. They might even make the effort to go out and vote (if they weren't planning on it before) now that they got to know two of the candidates. I would probably feel that way. I can't vote for mayor though so that's just my opinion.
"The event wasn't highly publicized."
ReplyDeleteDon't tell CJOB, the Winnipeg radio station with the biggest audience. They talked about little else for the previous 24 hours.
Perhaps the biggest audience isn't all that big.