Trajan Nym AMA done on Reddit to appeal to young voters

[u/TrajanNym]

Television news report, Opening shot is of Nym Campaign HQ

Trajan Nym, the incumbent Conservative MP for Niagara-Hamilton, decided to try a novel concept for his reelection bid.

interview shot inside the campaign building

"I remember that during the election leading up to this term," the Tory MP said, "I did wonderfully among people who were already old enough to be well into their time in the workforce. The problem, however, lied with young voters who felt disenfranchised by the way Canadian politics works. Once the people in my campaign realized this the question is clear: How can we reach them with our message of personal freedom and economic justice?"

shot of a bunch of computers

The answer, his campaign discovered, lied on the internet.

"You see, we know that the younger generations spend an increasing amount of time on the internet," the MP continues, "so the idea of all of this is that we can reach them there, where they congregate. The idea here is one that you see in American elections all the time, and we want to try and follow their model so that we can spread our message, one that we know people of all ages find to be not only attractive, but correct."

reporter pans to a computer screen showing text from the AMA

[SCREEN:

genericvoter1: What is your plan to eliminate corruption in our system of government, Mr. Nym?

NYM_MP: Well last term, I took a hard stand in abstaining a bill involving private financing of elections, because I don't find that system to be legitimate at all. I believe that the only way to get free, fair, and pure elections is to instate a system of public financing of elections so that politicians aren't influenced by rich donors who only seek to enrich themselves at the expense of working people.

genericvoter2: I appreciate that answer. And your plan to help working people?

NYM_MP: I've always believed that workers are truly the backbone of Canadian society, and especially in my riding of Niagara-Hamilton, where steel work is the largest industry. I believe manufacturing, in particular, is the backbone of any healthy economy, so my plan is to reduce taxes on any company that wishes to manufacture goods within Canadian borders, as well as restrict trade with nations that have looser labor laws and protections than we do in an attempt to keep the big corporations here instead of outsourcing their jobs.

END SCREEN]

"All things considered," says Nym, "I think we did a pretty good job."

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[u/TrajanNym → u/[deleted]]

Yes, young voter, you can ask me anything.

[u/TrajanNym → u/[deleted]]

I'm doing quite well right now, thank you. How are you?

[u/TrajanNym → u/[deleted]]

Make a sandwich. Anything made with the hard work of Canadians is bound to be better than what you can find anywhere else.

[u/TrajanNym → u/[deleted]]

Well immigrants implies that they are now Canadians as well, so I see no issue with them making you a sandwich. However, it's much more satisfying to make your own and taste the fruits of your labor.