June 22, 2015 marked the
fifth anniversary of this blogging project. Five years is a long time to do
anything and so I am somewhat shocked to discover that somehow five years has
passed. As always I want to give special thanks to my readers. When I began
this process I imagined I would be writing mostly for myself, and occasionally
my friends who like politics and current events. Somehow though the audience
for my blog has grown considerably and I hope that those out there reading it
get something meaningful out of it. June is on track to be the most pageviews,
if Blogger is to be trusted, that I have ever received.
As for what might be
coming soon to the blog, I am currently reading two books that I plan to review
and post sometime in the next couple of months: Protecting Canadian Democracy
by Serge Joyal and Nation Maker by Richard Gwyn. In Brampton I have been
following the Hurontario-Main LRT debate and I have been thinking of how I
might want to write about that topic. Also coming up is a post about the
Canadian Senate and I think I have a novel approach on how to go about it. As
readers have no doubt noticed more and more attention has been directed towards
the upcoming federal election, assumed to be set for October 2015. It's likely
that I will be taking an active role in the campaign that is to come, however I
hope to keep my blogging alive and well during that time.
During the next campaign I
hope that this platform can provide more in-depth examination of the local
races and candidates. The national discussion will be readily accessible and
the local news is what I fear will be lost. Brampton will have five federal
races and there will be dozens more in
the area around it. I am debating trying to interview candidates, but given my
expressed partisan preferences I sincerely doubt that that will be practical.
What might be interesting is writing about what it is like inside a campaign,
something most citizens never experience.
Aside from the above I can
only give scant ideas of what the next year might look like for the Orange
Tory. I am in a moment of transition in my life and so I cannot say if a year
from now where I'll be living or what I might be doing and how that might
impact this project. I am always interested in feedback so please feel free to comment of send me a tweet @SLee_OT on Twitter. Thank you to the friends and supporters who
have been so valuable in this process and I hope the fifth year stands above
all the rest.
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