June 16, 2006, Jennie Winhall
More on the democracy meets reality TV theme... City Idol, a not for profit in Toronto has run a Pop Idol-style intitiative to find candidates for Toronto's upcoming City Council elections.
'We're recruiting one hundred candidates for City Idol. We're looking for people who are passionate about Toronto and about the issues. People with ideas about important issues such as pollution, poverty, racism, infrastructure, taxes, political engagement, public spaces, social inclusion, sustainable transportation, waste management, energy and the political system itself. Everything is on the table.
We'll put our candidates in front of a large live audience and instead of singing songs, we'll ask them to make short speeches, participate in debates, improvise press conferences, answer audience questions and react to emergency situations.
The audience gets to vote for their favorite candidates.
The prize? A real election campaign. We'll help the winners run for City Council. '
Many thanks to Haiyan Zhang for this link
CATEGORY: CITIZENSHIP
