Preston Manning: Help those wanting to run for civic office

In an op-ed (Opinion Editorial) in today's Globe and Mail - Preston Manning, founder of the Manning Foundation, based in Calgary, says those running for civic office (Mayor, Councillor, RD Director, School Board Trustee) need training before running for office and not after one is elected...

Mr. Manning says in this regard:

"The majority of sensible Canadians will agree that strengthening the knowledge, skills, ethical foundations and leadership capacities of candidates for municipal office is a good idea and well worth supporting if we want to strengthen democratic governance in Canada at its most basic level".

How often do we see examples of what training for municipal candidates could have eliminated had the training that Mr. Manning discusses in his op-ed had occurred?

Read his op-ed here