{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS/issues/10","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS/issues/10/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS/issues/10/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS/issues/10/events","html_url":"https://github.com/OpenSOROS/OpenSOROS/issues/10","id":220387848,"number":10,"title":"Collaboration with VoteNowBC","user":{"login":"mariocimet","id":7051376,"avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/7051376?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet","html_url":"https://github.com/mariocimet","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mariocimet/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2017-04-08T09:23:30Z","updated_at":"2017-05-19T18:54:32Z","closed_at":"2017-05-19T18:54:32Z","body":"@OpenSOROS\r\n\r\n@yp1996 and I met with my friend Reid Marcus today, he's the editor of the opinion section at [VoteNowBC.ca](http://votenowbc.ca), a site covering the May 8th BC provincial elections. They publish articles with data analysis, fact checking and explaining and they're also trying to boost voter turnout - which was >50% in the last election. \r\n\r\nThe BC Liberals have been in power for 16 years. Meanwhile BC has by far the most lax campaign finance laws in Canada - [something the failing NYTimes noted in this article](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/canada/british-columbia-christy-clark.html).  \r\n\r\nThere's too much money going around in BC provincial politics, but not enough analysis. The two major newspapers in the province are both owned by the *literally failing* Postmedia Group. Postmedia also owns two out of four major Toronto newspapers, and the only major English newspapers in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and Ottawa. \r\n\r\nPostmedia is mostly owned by a [Manhattan hedge fund](https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/10/24/the_us_hedge_fund_manager_backing_a_major_newspaper_merger.html), and they're laying off 50 staff from the Vancouver Sun and The Province. [They stop working on Monday](http://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/postmedia-announces-54-layoffs-at-the-vancouver-sun-and-the-province), a month before the BC general election. Why is Postmedia gutting the province's two major newspapers a month before an election? Who would do such a thing? (maybe a Manhattan hedge fund). \r\n\r\nSo these people are leaving a gap. There's still time for VoteNowBC to make an impact on this election, and we should help them do it. Its a good opportunity for OpenSOROS to develop."}}
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