from Seven Oaks Magazine, an Alberta NDP candidate detects a whiff of change in the Hinterland. Our experience in Nanaimo-Cowichan certainly bears her out.

"Alexa McDonough, a former leader of the NDP states that winning takes three elections.

The first election shows who and what you are. The second election reinforces the trust that was built in the first election. The third election drives home that the NDP is really the best choice for the constituency.

In the Hinterland, we have begun to build that trust. That we are willing to work so hard for what seems to be a lost cause is already beginning to pay off. "