HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-04-26, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007.Farmer and environmentalist,Tony McQuail, announced he would be seeking the federalnomination for the NDP in theriding of Huron-Bruce at an Earth
Day celebration at his organic farm
near Lucknow.
McQuail served three terms as a
trustee on the Huron County Board
of Education and worked as the
executive assistant for Agriculture
Minister, Elmer Buchanan, at
Queen’s Park.
He has also served in farm and
community organizations. He is a
past president of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture, theEcological Farmers Association ofOntario and is currently president ofthe Huron Local of the NationalFarmers Union.
In outlining his reasons for
running McQuail said “I will be
running on a platform of
Sustainability, Equality and
Community".
“Sustainability – because it is a
way of looking at the challenges we
face from climate disruption, peak
oil and environmental degradation
that is hopeful and provides a guide
to make choices that will serve us
and our descendents well.”“Equality – because we willmobilize more creative energy ifpeople feel included, valued andfairly treated as we work to build a
sustainable society. A system that
would take food out of the mouths
of the poor in the third and first
world to put gas in the jets of the
rich is not going to be sustainable
for long.”
“Community – because there is
only one planet and only one
Canada. We are going to have to live
together and share our ideas and
approaches. Once the election is
over we are going to have to worktogether to solve the challenges weface. I am going to do my best tolook upon the other candidates asbrothers and sisters on Mother Earth
and run a non-adversarial
campaign.”
McQuail used an “economic cake
chart” to demonstrate how the
economy rests on the layers below
it, which include the community and
nature.
From his own experience on
their farm he spoke of how
getting economic activities into
a sustainable balance with
our environment can be good for the community and econ-omy. He concluded his talk with a linefrom Tommy Douglas, “Be of good
cheer, it’s not too late to build a
better world.”
He and Fran have been married
for 32 years and have two daughters
– Rachel and Katrina.
He is a graduate of Goderich
District Collegiate Institute and
completed an Honours Bachelor of
Environmental Studies degree
through the University of Waterloo
in 1976.
McQuail seeks federal NDP nomination
Local farmer and activist, Stephen
Webster, has decided to seek the
provincial NDP nomination for
Huron-Bruce.
Webster says he made the decision
to run quickly but he is frustrated
with the current state of affairs in
rural Ontario and he wants to offer a
hand to those who need help.
Webster says there are several
issues that pushed him to take this
step and they are issues he feels very
passionately about. He admits he
never thought he would do this,
refusing to label himself a politician,
but he insists that sometimes
circumstances push people into
places they never thought they’d go.
He knows he is running as the
underdog in the NDP race, which he
says makes him the underdog of the
underdogs, but insists that the NDP
is where he felt he could make the
biggest impact.
Issues that Webster considers a
priority are the doctor shortage in
rural Ontario, the lack of a plan to
solve the farming crisis, water
conservation in shoreline regions,
strong rural infrastructure and a
better education from Grades 1-4,
including after-school programs.
Webster insists that although he
has no formal political experience,
he is able to communicate with
people from all walks of life and that
he already has a stable foundation in
Toronto and all over the province.
As part of the farming protest in
Toronto, Webster slept in his car and
would speak to anyone who would
listen regarding what he and other
Ontario farmers were going through.
Webster said he has also spent time
in Washington lobbying on border
issues concerning farmers.
Whether it was college girls on the
street or politicians going to work in
suits, Webster said he could relate to
them all because he is a man of the
people. One point he stresses is that
he doesn’t talk down to anyone, as
he feels many politicians do.
He feels that he’ll be able to
communicate rural issues to those in
Toronto better than anyone else. He
does, however, have tremendous
respect for his competition, insisting
that he has no mud to sling in this
political race.
He has no ill will toward Huron-
Bruce Liberal MPP Carol Mitchell.
He says that Paul Klopp, a Zurich-
area farmer who announced several
weeks ago that he too would seek
the NDP nomination for Huron-
Bruce, is “a great guy”.
Webster is a former local director
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and was named their
farmer of the year in 2006.
Webster has never been married.
He owns and operates a 400-acre
cash crop farm at the north end of
Blyth, in addition to owning a small
transport-truck business.
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