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Bruce-Grey Election Update

October 5, 2007

I had the opportunity to drop by the Bayshore this evening to listen to the Bruce-Grey candidates speak at the Owen Sound Chamber of Commerce sponsored all candidates meeting. I would go into detail but it’s very late and it’s been a very long day. So instead I will let the candidates speak for themselves. The following audio clip recorded at the meeting includes the closing remarks given by each of the candidates.

One point of interest though was the discussion following the debate regarding the recent poll results that put Shane Jolley and the Green party only 9 points back of the longstanding Conservative MPP, Bill Murdoch. There was also a few remarks regarding the audience support for candidates as indicated by the applause following each final remark. Here is a screenshot of the recorded audio file for comparison (sorry I am a helpless geek sometimes, especially so when over tired!)

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But you should really listen for yourself… As always your thoughts and comments are welcome, just add them below or call the feedback line 519 416 OWEN (6936) and leave an audio comment.

Final remarks from the candidates in the 2007 Ontario Provincial Election, Bruce-Grey Riding (7 minutes and 5 seconds) You can listen with the flashplayer below (just press play) or you may download the audio mp3 here, (right click save as)

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3 Responses to “Bruce-Grey Election Update”

  1. rgdaniel Says:
    October 5th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    I love it — what a brilliant way to visually present the relative support for the candidates, as originally expressed in an audio form… perhaps not as scientific as it looks, but (at least) anecdotal evidence that Owen Sound is a progressive, forward-thinking community.

  2. Joshua Says:
    October 9th, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    My geeky web dream is to hear one-on-one interviews with each of the candidates (alas, our lone intrepid Owen.com reporter *is* lone). But I must say that it is good to see what is indeed a race, for once!

  3. Ryan Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 12:09 am

    Agreed Josh, by the time the next election hits things here at theOwen.com will certainly have matured enough that your geeky web dream will in fact be a reality.

    But that’s just the beginning, as far as I am concerned. If we are going to arrange a one on one with each candidate I want to make sure we have some tough and pertinent questions. So user generated questions make a great deal of sense. Submit your question on the site, we ask it, and then you “tune in” for the answer in the completed interview.

    All of this is great for the web savvy set but I throughout this election I am starting to see more clearly the drawbacks of all this great technology when it comes to servicing certain segments of the population. Most notably those whose monthly budget might not have the room for the reasonably pricey high speed Internet connection that can make all of this possible. This in itself is interesting? Canada is regarded as a highly connected nation as far as web use is concerned but there are many, many countries that have more affordable access.

    I think that’s my first question for the politicians in the next election. I am however off of my original point which was to suggest that maybe the Internet
    doesn’t need to be the only media to distribute the content we produce (especially the audio and video). If you have thoughts on this drop us a line. More to come on this topic for sure.

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