To the editor:
Political outcomes are constant challenges because of the emergence of new knowledge and technology.
This knowledge shapes political platforms based on philosophies, beliefs and histories of issue-management outcomes.
These platforms become the framework of specific political parties that serve Canadians.
These parties rarely analyze the issue-management outcomes outside of their party lines. These omissions lead to less common ground solutions that help Canadians live better.
Political issue outcomes must match resolutions and policies within the party-platform design. This transforms personal issues into political outcomes.
This is done through public discourse with individuals, families and groups via surveys, questionnaires, polls and think tanks.
This lets amateur and expert opinions to come forward and increase the public’s awareness of issue outcomes.
When these issue outcomes meet common-ground thinking, collective knowledge and public discourse, better solutions unfold and create positive changes.
This is a concrete way to develop personal and community standards that sustain solutions and lead to better policies and practices.
In this way every government level has standards that match policy outcomes to real-life solutions. Party platforms are often resisted because issue outcomes form paradigms that not only change people, but add new technologies.
This ongoing process unfolds the issue outcome, but elections only bring them to the forefront – they do not solve them.
Although elections are necessary in a democratic country, they are not problem-solving methods.
Ongoing issue management outcomes require the understanding of what is best for Canadians.
These are very complex tasks that must be continually explored and need votes for the best elected person that will achieve them.
Lorna Sutherland,
Thunder Bay
