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I just read on scripting news that Viktor Yuschenko, prime minister of the Ukraine, has a blog. Not being able to read Ukrainian, I can’t tell if this is real blogging or something that someone in his office is writing. I think that the most successful politicians of the 21st century will be the ones who can genuinely connect with the populace, and I think weblogs will be an important part of that process. The early attempts have been insincere and pretentious - Paul Martin’s blog before the last Canadian election springs to mind as an example - or misunderstood by the media, as was Howard Dean’s Dean for America blog. Politicians take note - there is a lot of cynicism by many people not only about your sincerity and motivations, but increasingly about the political process itself, notably among youth.

Does anyone know if there are any Canadian politicans who are genuinely blogging - that is, not having a staff person write it for them?

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