This election, as with all of them, it鈥檚 up to you to pay attention.

Pay attention to which candidates show up to all-candidates meetings, which don鈥檛, and if they don鈥檛, why they don鈥檛. Pay attention to what they say, and what they do.

We鈥檙e now halfway though B.C.鈥檚 41st provincial election campaign and on the morning after May 9, we鈥檒l have to start learning to live with whomever will form the next government for four more 鈥� and hopefully not too long and agonizing 鈥� years. The next time we will have any say at the ballot box, after this go-around, will be on the second Tuesday of May 2021.

So pay attention. A lot can happen in four years, and it can be bad.

In this age of so-called 鈥減ost-truth,鈥� or 鈥減ost-factual鈥� politics and fake news, it鈥檚 especially important for all of us voters to make good use of our common-sense umbrellas.

We need these to keep our wits dry.

Expect in the forecast, at least over the next two weeks, plenty of political horse pucky raining down upon us in the form of emails, tweets, and devious TV election ads from political parties that focus on how horrible the other guy is while not telling how they鈥檙e going to make we, the voters, pay for all the marvellous stuff they鈥檙e promising us if only they are elected to government.

If it sounds like horse pucky, that鈥檚 probably what it is. So stay dry, friends.

Be wise.

It鈥檚 your future we鈥檙e talking about here.

鈥� The Now-Leader