The hardworking team over at the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) continue to provide terrific insight into the minds of young, Jewish, Canadian federal party volunteers as they campaign towards the May 2 vote.
The following are four more blogs from the CJPAC members – Julien Newman, Sarah Kitai, Zach Paikin and Aaron Silver – each reveal more about their experiences with their chosen parties this election. Read on and enjoy. Oh, and don't forget to go to the polls on May 2.
Your vote counts.
- The Shmooze Team.
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Julien Newman – My first time:
The first time I volunteered in a large-scale political campaign was to elect Ed Broadbent in 2004. Mr Broadbent was a former leader of the NDP. He had delivered the party’s most successful electoral results and he was returning to federal politics to support of our promising new leader – Jack Layton. We had thousands of volunteers throughout the campaign and we managed to win the seat from the Liberals.
Read more at Julien's www.itsup2you.ca blog
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Sarah Kitai – Lessons Learned:
Sometimes, it’s the unpleasant experiences in life that teach us the best lessons.
This was certainly true of my early encounters with political organizations. As a high school student, concerned about environmental issues and eager to get involved, I naively decided to volunteer with a certain left-wing environmental advocacy group which shall henceforth remain unnamed.
Read more at Sarah's www.itsup2you.ca blog
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Zach Paikin – My First Political Campaign:
This week’s topic is about our very first political campaign and what we wished we had known at that age.
My first political campaign was when I was 13 years old, and funnily enough it was working for John Tory in his race to become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in 2004. (I have only been a partisan since 2008, when I decided to join the Liberal Party.)
Read more at Zach's www.itsup2you.ca blog
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Aaron Silver – My First Time:
Thinking about when I was first involved in a campaign takes me back to September 2008. I was a junior CJPAC fellow and hungry to get involved in politics. I lived in Toronto at that time, in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence and wanted to get involved in a Conservative campaign. My desire to work on a campaign led me to the nomination campaign of Joe Oliver.
Read more at Aaron's www.itsup2you.ca blog
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