Greens did a fine job in provincial election

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Re: โ€œGreen party offers substandard candidates in recent election,โ€ Oct. 13

As I am the candidate that Ms. Steiner wrote about in her opinion piece, I would like to respond to some of the statements made.

When I announced to a room that โ€œthe Greens probably arenโ€™t going to form governmentโ€ I was being realistic. I did follow that statement by indicating what I would do as the MPP, though that was not reported.

When I said that I โ€œโ€ฆ donโ€™t understand womenโ€ I was trying to use humour to highlight that I, or any other man on the panel, couldnโ€™t truly understand the issues that specifically affect women. I wasnโ€™t trying to marginalize womenโ€™s issues, I just gave a real answer, which some others did not. To say that โ€œwe need to get more women involved in politicsโ€ does not address anything.

And finally, in a bit of reporting that can only be called incompetence, when asked who the greatest Canadian was, I didnโ€™t say โ€œI donโ€™t know that many great Canadians.โ€ I said โ€œI donโ€™t know that I could pick just one.โ€

When I didnโ€™t know the answer to a question, I said so. When Eric Davis or Elizabeth Witmer didnโ€™t know the answer to something, they spoke about how great or terrible the last eight years have been (depending on the speaker.) I represented what the Green party stands for: doing politics differently. In my opinion, the Greens did not drop the ball in Kitchener-Waterloo. By opting for the status quo, the voters did.


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