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Local federal candidates ready for December election
Cheryl Heath
GEMEMBEND
Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle believes
Canadians do not want a ballot in their stockings
for Christmas while the top contenders for the
incumbent's position aren't so sure.
In an interview Friday, before NDP leader Jack
Layton announced his party could no longer sup-
port the Liberals, the 12 -year veteran of federal
politics suggested calling an election before rec-
ommendations of the Gomery report are released
in February would be an error.
"If they did, it would be their demise," he says.
"People don't want an election right now."
Steckle adds that an April 3 or 10 election is
likely after recommendations are issued in
February from the Gomery report's findings.
Grant Robertson, an NDP candidate for Huron -
Bruce and a Paisley -area farmer and librarian,
believes Canadians are ready to head to the
polls.
"The party has to be held accountable," says
Robertson of the recent Gomery report findings.
"I think this is an indictment of the Liberal
party."
Whether an election is called for Christmas fol-
lowing a possible no confidence vote on a Liberal
bill or in the spring has yet to be seen, says
Robertson, who says he does not have a prefer-
ence.
And, he adds, this election will prove to be a
contest between the Liberal and New Democratic
parties.
"I've heard people say Steckle doesn't deliver,"
he says. "He is just not able to do the kind of
things we need to do."
Ben Lobb, the Conservative Party of Canada
candidate and a Wescast Inc. employee and fami-
ly businessman, notes he was listening to CBC
radio Tuesday morning and heard the last feder-
al election held in December was in 1917 during
the midst of the First World War. The voter
turnout was a whopping 75 per cent.
And that, says Lobb, is one good reason to hold
a Christmastime election. He notes in contrast a
spring election would be unlikely to draw the
votes of snowbirds and farmers who would be in
the heart of planting season.
"Usually in December, most people are at
home," says Lobb, adding the only tough job
would be for the candidates who would have to
trudge through the snow to court the public.
That's a challenge Lobb is willing to take on.
Either way, says Lobb, he is reading to vie for the
seat.
"We're ready to go in Huron -Bruce," he says.
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