FINAL QUESTIONS

I agree with Thomas about question one, though I think we really ought to (at least partially) reiterate the question itself. I am relatively new to this thread, however the question ""What resource do you think is most necessary for interest groups in order to influence environmental policies?" seems somewhat long. To make it more concise, I propose we perhaps ask "Which of the following do you feel most help interest groups influence environmental policies" instead.

Returning to Thomas' point of the vagueness of some of the potential answers however, I feel that "contacts" and "ability to spread information" are two that I would like to see changed. 'Contacts' could imply a lot of things - are we talking about contacts in the government (if so, federal or provincial?), from private businesses, or extra-political organizations? I think we need to narrow contacts down to perhaps 'political contacts in government' since we are dealing with policy making, but this is my personal opinion. As for 'ability to spread information', we could change it to 'media-distributive capacity' or simply 'marketing'.

Just my two cents! :)