No Media Attention

I think the Internet is probably the best way at the moment, by contacting everyone you know, send them links to FVC, CAP, ViveLeCanada, and any other webpages that make our point. Another way is to bring the books The Vanishing Country and One Big Party to their attention. Ask them to pass on these links to everyone in their address book that they feel would be interested in researching these materials. I personally am going to purchase several One Big Party books and give them as gifts over the holidays. I'm afraid I don't have the coin to give a bunch of Vanishing books because of it's extra cost, but these books in combination are great to get the juices flowing. (And the blood boiling !) I did see Mel Hurtig on Vicki Gabreau (sp?) soon after he published Vanishing, so there are ways to get TV time. I am disappointed that CPAC didn't schedule Paul Hellyer for an interview when he was in Ottawa recently, and I sent them an email letting them know they missed a good opportunity. Perhaps everyone should contact CPAC to see if we can get them to speed things up. One more thing: if we could get the provincial teams that lost their bid in the recent elections to swing over to the One Big Party idea, then they could place candidates in many ridings across the country, they already have the volunteers in place. We don't have much time to do this before Paul Martin calls the next election, but that would be the quickest way to get visibility. I have personally called Earl Manners, who was running for the NDP in my riding in Ontario, but I am having trouble locating his phone number &/or email address. His email address on his election webpage is no longer working. This is a setback, but I'm working on it.