Dear Editor
As this was the first election forum that I attended, on Sept. 28, it was quite the experience for me.
I appreciated hearing about the different views expressed by the party and non-party candidates. That was the reason I attended the forum. I, like so many others, want to make an educated and informed decision before I vote.
I thought there was also a good number of topics covered.
I was taken aback by the behaviour of the NDP candidate Glenn Tait. Some of his remarks were more of a personal nature than political. The remark about Gerry Ritz's mother was in very poor taste and had nothing to do with politics and I wondered why it was even brought up.
The media described Mr. Tait's remarks as passionate, but I call it disrespectful.
Interestingly enough, after that the topic of decorum was raised as well as getting the youth involved. I had the opportunity to share my experience at the forum with a couple of young ladies in their late 20s to early 30s. Both of these ladies remarked about politicians bad mouthing one another and that they had better things to do with their time than to listen to that. I would find it interesting to hear other views from the young people.
We have the awesome privilege to live in this great country called Canada. How can each one of us raise the standards of decorum to our fellow men and women in our corner of the world? Would a whole-hearted personal apology to Mr. Ritz be in order? Can decorum improve even in the political realm? I believe it can as each one of us does our part.
Sue Greenbank
North Battleford
