Congratulations on your nomination to run for municipal office!
I am writing to you on behalf of Environmental Defence and the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance, an alliance of almost 100 groups who are active throughout the Greenbelt area.
Environmental Defence protects the environment and human health. We research solutions. We educate. We go to court when we have to. All in order to ensure clean air, clean water and thriving ecosystems nationwide, and to bring a halt to Canada’s contribution to climate change. Environmental Defence does not support or endorse individual candidates running for political office.
We understand the important role of Mayors and Councillors in making decisions about many issues affecting the quality of life in our communities throughout the Greenbelt area.
We have created a short online survey to hear your views on these issues and share them with voters and the media. There are 9 questions in the survey, in some areas there is an additional question about a local issue. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete online.
Your responses will be shown in comparison to other candidates in your municipality, online at the Vote Smart website.
We have launched a media campaign encouraging voters in your area to visit the site and read candidates’ responses. The campaign will include ads in the Toronto Star and local newspapers.
The Vote Smart campaign was launched on Friday September 17th.
All candidates will be listed on the website for voters and the media to view, so we encourage you to take a few minutes to enter your responses before Wednesday September 22nd to avoid having “Contacted but did not respond” shown next to your name in the survey results.
Your comments will be displayed exactly as you enter them, we will not edit responses.
Each candidate running in the Greenbelt area has been assigned a unique ID code to enter the survey.
Your ID code is: My code was supplied here
We look forward to your participation. If you have questions, please contact Maryam Nassar or Heather Harding or call 416.323.9521 X 233.
Thank you for your time.
I completed the survey shortly after receiving it. Environmental Defense released the results today, and it appears that a number of candidates throughout the city did not complete it, including the other three candidates for St. George's Ward.
I don't know how important this survey is to most of the voters in St. Catharines; however, it will be important to some of them, and I felt it was important for those voters to be able to review my responses.
We must communicate better with our constituents. We must.
If you would also like to review my responses, you can see them here: http://environmentaldefence.ca/votesmart/surveyCompare.php?cid=349.
As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me (lauraipforstgeorgesward@gmail.com), visit my website: http://www.lauraip.net/, follow me on Twitter (LauraIp4Council) or visit my Facebook page: Laura Ip for St. George's Ward.
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