Electionforum.ca is in many ways a new and cutting edge method of involving the citizenry of Red Deer in the democratic process. Providing a method for individuals to be able to interact directly with candidates in an open and far-reaching environment such as electionforum.ca is a risky venture in many ways, but it is also richly rewarding. Being that the process is so new to everyone involved, we have made and will continue to make changes to the site in order to ensure that we can make the entire venture as fair and informative as possible.

To that end, we have made a change in the procedures that must be followed in order to ensure that all comments are valid and fall within our guidelines for participation. As of today, you will now be required to include your full name and email address with your comment or it will not be posted. We will publish your name but we will not publish your email address (it will be kept only for our own use). It is our hope that this will help us maintain the quality of our website by encouraging people to be accountable for their comments in a public fashion and by providing a level playing field for all the candidates.

The goal of this site always has been and will continue to be, to provide a forum for all the citizens of Red Deer so that they have a place to put forward issues that are of concern to them. We will continue to encourage posters to focus on the issues rather than on the individual candidates. We hope that this new commenting process will promote a very positive, healthy and informative dialog between the candidates and the citizens of Red Deer. We look forward to seeing more comments and questions from citizens who want to take an active part in choosing their Municipal Government.