THE NEW WAVE

today he's made a decision: no more talk without participation. no more opinions without experience. guy stevos is going to join the green party.

he's filled out the online application form for SHEL GOLDSTEIN'S campaign in the toronto riding of eglinton-lawrence. while he anxiously awaits a phone call, he imagines what it'd be like donning the nametag gallantly walking the streets campaiging for political reform. he'll move out of this riding only three days after the election, but he figures he might do one last (and first) thing for this part of town.

it's not gonna be an easy victory, that is if there is one at all. despite the amount of goldstein signs already present in his neighbourhood, he knows that they represent only a small slice of the pie. if all this "silent majority" crap is true, he's bracing himself for a real let down.

but hey, things are changing! the globe and the star have all given the greens a chance. they're making a bit of a fuss about leader jim harris being excluded from the global television debates.

which brings him to his next point. guy stevos would like to remind the execs at can-west, that damned asper family who promoted the status quo to his high school graduating class at convocation, that the green party is a major national party whose issues are by no means from the fringe. upon examination of their platform, anyone can tell you that their ideals are borne not out of lofty ambitions but mainstream goals.

"well, we'll see how they do this year at the polls and then we'll give 'em a chance." good god! the party now fields candidates in all ridings. they expect over 1 million votes and four seats. so why not let them speak to the public? why not let them expose this trash system for what it is? why not let them confront these issues head on? lord knows they can't do that in parliament at the moment. you're not oging to lose ratings by having the green party up there with paulbearer martin and step-on harper. if anything, you'll arouse some curiosity. voters are bored with the same old faces, same old problems.

guy stevos thinks it's possible to get a green presence in the house this election. he pleads to the rest of you disillusioned youth to not only go to the polls with a green mind, but to assist this party with the sweat of your brow...if it's your bag, of course.

GO GREEN. we're lookin at a new wave of politics.