Why politicization is both infuriating and boring to B.C. voters [Video]

Some voters on Vancouver Island say they’re sick of political campaigns that are negative and divisive. 

Speaking on the CBC podcast This is Vancouver Island, three island residents said they’ll support candidates who present solutions and don’t just politicize.

Fifteen of the 93 MLAs elected in B.C.’s October 19 election will be from Vancouver Island.

Courtney Castledine, who lives in the Victoria suburb of Colwood, said that when deciding how to vote, she wants to know what the candidates stand for, what sort of experience they have, and what they’re doing in her community. 

What she doesn’t want to hear? Negative campaigning. 

“That sort of thing that turns me off,” Castledine told podcast host Kathryn Marlow.

“I just find it not constructive in terms of helping us move forward.”

Aki Kaltenbach agrees. 

She lives in Victoria and said …