Here we see Tim Hortons sourcing its tomatoes from California for sale in Ontario, and presumably across Canada.
Note: The third installment of a veteran dissident's analysis of the Langford Now challenge to a multi-decade pro-business occupation of Langford City Hall. These are being published for the purpose of informing and stoking a new perspective and understanding of left-wing municipal strategy.
In my third Langford Democracy Forum post, I share my own Leftie view of the main political features of the campaign with a week to go until E-Day. My specific perspective is based on my outsider observations of the campaign and is influenced by my democratic local politics experience in public education discussed in previous posts. My political take is markedly distinct from all the players in the Langford election and I am not a member of any elector organization.
Note: The second entry in the "Langford Democracy Forum" written by a seasoned political activist on Vancouver Island. These dispatches are republished here because they provide a thorough examination of how to wage an effective and principled left-wing campaign in municipal elections, with special attention on the Langford, BC election. Langford Now is a new dissident slate taking on a business-first, developer-first slate of incumbents campaigning under the slate of name of Community First Langford.
A critical fact for readers outside British Columbia is that BC's municipal candidates are elected at-large. It is not a ward or district system as in other provinces, such as Ontario. In Langford, where there are six councilors, you can vote for up to six councilors.
In my second Langford Democracy Forum post, I share thoughts around what is most immediately important---the strategy and tactics of vote deployment and mobilizing.
