[zalf]

I do, but it wasn't my instinct for a long time. I found myself annoyed at friends who would complain mightily about whichever action whatever level of government was doing or not doing, but eventually realized that these friends weren't really doing anything about it - and nor was I. So the past few years, I've been trying to make an effort to be democratically engaged beyond just voting whenever some issue crosses my threshold of caring.

I've tried to be strategic about what I write about as I don't want to be written off by a politician's staffer as some green-ink writer. Is there anyone on the forum who can comment on what makes an effective letter to a councillor/MLA/MP?