Reflection Piece
Out of a steady drizzling rain and into the warm, dry, and welcoming Black Badger Pub and the election headquarters of Colin Carmichael and the Cambridge installation of The Green Party of Ontario.
Walking into the Badger I feel like my hand may fall off for how many times it is shook by Carmichael, campaign manager, Michael Bond, and the many Green supporters attending the election night event. The bar and many of the tables are filled with Green partisans chatting amongst themselves and at times with the candidate only breaking conversation to periodically listen to a brief speech or to watch the events of the election projected on a nearby screen. After sitting at a corner table for 20 minutes my colleagues and I, with surprising ease, track down both Carmichael and Bond for a quick interview.
Both men sit down and seem to have adopted an open-book policy with the party’s platform both on a provincial and local scale. Bond is confident and excited about his candidate and the response of their Cambridge riding; his optimism in the election is contagious to say the least.
Next in line is the Green Party candidate himself, Colin Carmichael, a graduate of the Political Science program at Wilfrid Laurier University and a largely involved member in his local political circle. As with Bond, Carmichael is open to the questions we throw at him and not only answers our questions but also shows us areas local to Cambridge where his values could be implemented and would influence change.
Sharing the infinite optimism of his campaign manager, it becomes hard to imagine how Colin couldn’t be optimistic with all of the love and support shown to him through those attending the election event.
After two interviews leaving my colleagues and myself full of useful information, we continue to talk and share about the results pouring into the news; notably none of these results show a Green Party victory, but it doesn’t hurt to hope. As we leave the Black Badger I can’t help but feel that if more of the population of Cambridge could talk to Colin Carmichael the same way I just have the results in this riding would be much different.
Out of a steady drizzling rain and into the warm, dry, and welcoming Black Badger Pub and the election headquarters of Colin Carmichael and the Cambridge installation of The Green Party of Ontario.
Walking into the Badger I feel like my hand may fall off for how many times it is shook by Carmichael, campaign manager, Michael Bond, and the many Green supporters attending the election night event. The bar and many of the tables are filled with Green partisans chatting amongst themselves and at times with the candidate only breaking conversation to periodically listen to a brief speech or to watch the events of the election projected on a nearby screen. After sitting at a corner table for 20 minutes my colleagues and I, with surprising ease, track down both Carmichael and Bond for a quick interview.
Both men sit down and seem to have adopted an open-book policy with the party’s platform both on a provincial and local scale. Bond is confident and excited about his candidate and the response of their Cambridge riding; his optimism in the election is contagious to say the least.
Next in line is the Green Party candidate himself, Colin Carmichael, a graduate of the Political Science program at Wilfrid Laurier University and a largely involved member in his local political circle. As with Bond, Carmichael is open to the questions we throw at him and not only answers our questions but also shows us areas local to Cambridge where his values could be implemented and would influence change.
Sharing the infinite optimism of his campaign manager, it becomes hard to imagine how Colin couldn’t be optimistic with all of the love and support shown to him through those attending the election event.
After two interviews leaving my colleagues and myself full of useful information, we continue to talk and share about the results pouring into the news; notably none of these results show a Green Party victory, but it doesn’t hurt to hope. As we leave the Black Badger I can’t help but feel that if more of the population of Cambridge could talk to Colin Carmichael the same way I just have the results in this riding would be much different.
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