PHONING THE OFFICE
- Contact a candidate's office. Use this spreadsheet to look up the candidate’s contact info
- If you are nervous, bring a friend and have them conference in. If you need help, reach out to [email protected].
- The staffer will pick up and you will either be:
- Patched through to the candidate
- Asked to leave a message or schedule a meeting at a later time. If you are asked to leave a message, ask to talk at a later time, SCHEDULE a time before leaving. Mention that a non-response will be shared with your community.
- Once you’re talking to the candidate, tell them about your concern about foreign government influence in Canadian affairs, especially from governments that are violating human rights.
- Tell them our community needs to feel safe, knowing that their elected officials are not under the influence of our oppressor, in our case - it is the CCP.
- Give some personal experiences and or examples if you’d like.
- Tell them that we want to hear a response from the candidate that they will pledge to:
- Decline any gifts or donations from the Chinese Communist government and its affiliates or any other foreign governments that abuse human rights. This includes, but is not limited to, monetary donations, and paid-for trips.
- Reject the CCP’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative and other economic development initiatives in BC that are promoted by authoritarian governments or enterprises with ties to authoritarian states.
- Tell them you will stay on the call until a response is given.
- If they wish to talk at a later time, SCHEDULE a time before leaving.
- If they wish to reply with a written response later, get a SPECIFIC DEADLINE by which they will send the written response
- If they refuse to give a response, get them on the record (ideally with video/ recording). We can then add them to the blacklist.
- Once a response is given, thank them and politely leave the call.
AFTER THE CALL WITH CANDIDATES
Send evidence to [email protected].
Update this spreadsheet so others know the meeting is done.
Send evidence to [email protected].
Update this spreadsheet so others know the meeting is done.
CALL SCRIPT
Dear [Candidate Name],
We are chatting with you today because we’re deeply concerned about foreign interference in our governments, especially influence from authoritarian or totalitarian governments that are violating human rights.
Our community needs to feel safe that our elected officials are not under the influence of our oppressor, the Chinese Communist Party and United Front, their propaganda arm.
As someone who is running to be a part of our democratic government, we want to know you and your party’s response to this matter.
1. Will you pledge to decline any gifts or donations from the Chinese Communist government and its affiliates or any other foreign governments that abuse human rights? This includes, but is not limited to, monetary donations, and paid-for trips.
2. Will you reject the CCP’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative and other economic development initiatives in BC that are promoted by authoritarian governments or enterprises with ties to authoritarian states?
We will not leave until we hear a response from you. Our votes depend on it.
This response will be shared with the rest of our community
Dear [Candidate Name],
We are chatting with you today because we’re deeply concerned about foreign interference in our governments, especially influence from authoritarian or totalitarian governments that are violating human rights.
Our community needs to feel safe that our elected officials are not under the influence of our oppressor, the Chinese Communist Party and United Front, their propaganda arm.
As someone who is running to be a part of our democratic government, we want to know you and your party’s response to this matter.
1. Will you pledge to decline any gifts or donations from the Chinese Communist government and its affiliates or any other foreign governments that abuse human rights? This includes, but is not limited to, monetary donations, and paid-for trips.
2. Will you reject the CCP’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative and other economic development initiatives in BC that are promoted by authoritarian governments or enterprises with ties to authoritarian states?
We will not leave until we hear a response from you. Our votes depend on it.
This response will be shared with the rest of our community