Because my message is intended to be non-partisan, it’s probably a good idea to tell you a little about myself. I plan on remaining semi-anonymous because the issue is more important than me. But I will tell you something about me in the hope that the less cynical readers will see that I represent an average Canadian rather than a political viewpoint.

I’m a self-employed, professional, divorced white male, late 40s, with 2 grown children and 2 grandchildren.

I live in an unincorporated area of the SCRD (Sunshine Coast Regional District) of British Columbia, near Gibsons (where the Beachcombers was filmed).

I moved here just over 2 years ago, so I did not vote in this riding in the previous election. The current MP is an independent a Green Party member* which is why we’re being targeted with this flyer campaign.

I do not now, nor have I ever been a member of or affiliated in any way with any political party. In fact, I personally dislike party politics because I think it distracts from the focus of government, but that’s another matter altogether.

In the course of my life I have voted at least once for representatives of every major political party. This is because I have always voted for the individual who I felt would best represent me and my constituency, regardless of their party affiliation.

So, for any naysayers or cynics, I hope you can believe that my complaints are not with the Conservative party per se, or their political policies. Rather, my complaint is about the choices they are making on this particular issue.

If it were the Liberals or the New Democrats or the Greens who were inundating me with taxpayer funded propaganda, I would be equally pissed off and would be criticizing them just as stridently.

*Changed MP’s party affiliation following his joining the Green Party