[All] Undecided

[Eleanor Grant]

Maybe I shouldn't put this on the GREN list, but I'm wondering if others
are still undecided between NDP and Green, as I am. What guiding principles
helped you decide?

I generally say "Know your riding". Thus, Kit Centre - Green;
Toronto-Danforth - NDP. (And even Regina-Wascana - Liberal, to keep Ralph
Goodale's seat from going Con.)
But Waterloo is probably a safe Liberal seat.
So I listened to my local candidates, and still have no preference.

Pros and cons:
-Lori Campbell NDP is endorsed by 350.org ("Our Time").
-Greens rightly called out NDP on fracking. I'm dismayed by BC premier
Horgan's approval of the LNG terminal, which will promote expansion of
fracking in BC.
-Even worse are Horgan's support for Site C (which will flood prime
farmland in the Peace and sacred Indigenous sites) *and* the clear-cutting
of old-growth rainforest in the BC interior.
How much should I be guided by a provincial NDP's record? (And the Greens
were afraid to withdraw their support from the gov't over Site C.)
-I also don't like the tone of the bickering between NDP and Greens, tho
the Greens have been more gracious.
-Serious missteps by Eliz May early in the campaign, but on the debate
stage she's the only leader who knows her stuff.

I guess I can see where I'm leaning. But I'd like to know how some of you
went about deciding, or what you think I haven't considered.

Happy E-Day,

Eleanor
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