Getting the message
Posted Apr 7, 2011 05:19:49 AM.
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Our series of online chats with candidates for the federal election is just one way they can deliver their message to you in way that’s more personal than ever.
“I think, frankly, the old days of just relying on newspapers to get your message out (are over),” says Cambridge Conservative candidate Gary Goodyear. “There is (now) a multitude of ways to get the message out and to get it out without being edited.”
Goodyear was commenting on the explosion of social media in this election campaign after participating in our live, online chat at 570 News. He said he enjoyed the opportunity to answer questions directly and have a one-on-one conversation with participants in the online forum.
Goodyear answered everything from why people have been barred access to rallies around leader Stephen Harper to how Cambridge can avoid becoming another “sprawlville.”
Goodyear, seeking his fourth term in office, still expresses frustration at being in a campaign. He says he’d rather be at his office doing the work that needs to be done.
“I’ve only been hearing about the economic recovery and keeping taxes low,” Goodyear says of his time already spent on the campaign trail. “Despite the massive job numbers, there are still folks without jobs. So for me, this (election) is about jobs and the economy.”
You can read the entire transcript of Goodyear’s chat by clicking here.
Be sure to join us online this afternoon at our special time of 1 PM as Kitchener-Centre NDP candidate Peter Thurley joins us for our next live chat.
You can submit questions in advance by following this link from our home page and clicking on the link beside Thurley’s name.
By the way, if you are still not totally sure about what a “live chat” is and how to get involved, have a look and listen below.
