Wednesday, September 15, 2021

All Candidates Meeting

I wanted to attend an All Candidates Meeting for my riding of Cloverdale-Langley City.  I found one in Cloverdale that was sponsored by the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce.  It was being held in the old Clova Theatre and also being broadcast on Zoom.   I sent an email about three weeks ago asking for a ticket or a zoom invite. I would have gone to the theatre but I would prefer Zoom.  They only gave the date of September 14th, but no time.

Last night, three minutes before the meeting started, I got my invite:

Tue 2021-09-14 5:57 PM

Hi there,

I apologize for this late email.  Please use the link below to attend the Zoom All candidates meeting tonight.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Vancouver
Topic: All Candidates Meeting

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

Needless to say, I didn't watch it!   I'm happy I read all the platforms and voted in the advance election.  The polls say it's too close to call.   I don't believe the polls as they aren't always right, but I find them interesting to follow.

This is the poll I watch.  Our riding earlier said Conservative Tamara Jensen, "leaning";  it now says "likely".   Everything could change by election day.  The pop ups are a little annoying.  

https://338canada.com/

It's easy to remember as there are 338 seats in Parliament!

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