Tales from the Ontario Campaign Trail
by Rosemary Frie
Hi Everyone,
It’s nearly September, and that means … the provincial election race is almost under way! I went out canvassing for a couple of hours this evening with Marija Minic, the nominated candidate for the Green Party of Ontario in our riding, York Centre. We were heartened by the responses - very few doors closed quickly in our faces 
and a fair number of positive responses - including a donation to the campaign and three requests for lawn signs.
It’s pretty cool to be going through my first campaign - I mean, I’ve helped out for a couple of days here and there on a couple of other campaigns, but there’s nothing like the first time as a core member of the campaign team. And we’re pretty much on top of things - our website has ‘gone live’ (www.marijaminic.ca) thanks to more than 50 hours of work a member of our team, Howard Pasternack, has put into it over the last couple of weeks, we have our lawn signs ordered, our 70,000 postcards are being printed as I type this — the postcards invite people to our Sept. 16 event, introduce Marija, say a bit about the Green Party of Ontario’s platform, and directly asking people to donate, volunteer, and/or take a lawn sign — and they will be distributed to most of the households in the riding in the first day or two of the campaign (which starts Sept. 10) - and a brochure is just about ready to go to press, plus we’ve had business cards printed for me and for Marija.
Sure, there have been some wrinkles along the way, but overall it’s already been an amazing experience. And I’m blessed to have a small but tight-knit, dedicated and hard-working team of people around me - plus a wonderful candidate.
Go Campaign to Elect Marija Minic Go!!
September 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Hi,
Good luck in the Ontairio’s Povincial election. Hope you have fun during the election time. When I ran we where pertty orgaized but not as organized as you team is in York rinding in Trornto(I suspect). I helped Durring our provicial election for the Green Party of Manitoba. We increased our vote but stubled out of the gate with local media. Try to get go coverage on the local news in the election. It will be key to presenting your message. This is from my own expeience. and the more people with sign in key location should also work well.
P.S. Great to see your team is ahead of the game with your literature and are now out gainning support. Good Luck.
Scott Harrison