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Liberal and NDP riding associations
preparing for federal election this fall
Dan Schwab
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The presidents of both the Liberal
and NDP federal riding associations
for Huron -Bruce say they. expect to
hold.. nomination meetings soon if
an election is to be held this fall.
Wilhelmina Laurie, president of
• the Huron -Bruce Federal NDP Rid-
ing Association, says the group has
leads on candidates but no. definite
declarations at this time. .
She says the riding association is
holding off on scheduling a nomi-
nation meeting for now, but adds
that she expects the group will hold
a meeting soon after the writ has
dropped.
"We are not in any doubt of being
prepared for a possible election,"
says Laurie, of Varna. "On the other
hand, the Canadian people are not
in favour of an election right now
and our party has gone on the re-
cord saying it is up to Mr. Harper to
play ball with the other parties."
Laurie says taxpayer money used
to pay for an election would be bet-
ter spent on "keeping down the
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ance benefits."
The Conservatives'
handling of employ-
ment insurance
benefits has been a
significant bone of
contention for the
NDP, Laurie says.
"There are a huge
number of people who
do .not qualify," she
says.
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Harper Conserva-
tives promised to
make changes to em-
ployment insurance,
including extending coverage for
some employees.
In order to cause an election, all
three opposition parties would need
to vote to defeat the government.
"Certainly the. feeling now.is that
the other three parties are no longer
in the mood to support legislation,
in particular something that has to
do with economics, like a budget,"
says Nick 'Whyte, president of the
'The Canadian
people are not
in favour of an
election right
row,, --
Huron. -Bruce Federal
NDP Riding Assoc.
president
Wilhelmina Laurie
in early
Huron -Bruce Federal
Liberal Riding Associa-
tion.
"What I read in the
newspapers certainly
indicates there is a
restlessness out there.
It sounds like there is
a pretty high probabil-
ity of an election being
called in the next few
months," Whyte says.
Whyte says the lo-
cal Liberal riding as-
sociation doesn't have
a specific date set for
a nomination meeting
but expects one to be
held later this month or
October, if an election is
called.
Greg McClinchey, the 2008 Fed-
eral Liberal candidate for Huron -
Bruce, has announced he will not
be seeking a nomination.
Whyte says three candidates are
expected to seek the federal Lib-
eral nomination for Huron Bruce:
Dr. Maarten Bokhout, of the Clin-
ton Family Health Team, who lives
near Blyth; Deb Homuth, a school
principal from Exeter and Charlie
Bagnato, the mayor of Brockton
"I'm more accustomed to elec-
tions every four years and that is
the timeline that I'm probably most
comfortable with," Whyte says.
"But I know that we're in the worst
financial crisis situation with the
recession since the Great Depres-
sion. I know that there are too many
people unemployed. There are peo-
ple with financial problems and
I know there is a lot of discontent
out there. Whether that translates
into enough reason for an election
for someone else who then could do
better, I guess that's what an elec-
tion is all about. The people make
the final choice."
In last year's federal election,
Huron -Bruce' Conservative MP Ben
Lobb defeated the Liberal candi-
date McClinchey by a margin of
5,856 votes.
NDP candidate Tony McQuail re-
ceived 15 per cent of the vote. After
the election, McQuail announced it
would be the last timehe would run
as a candidate for the NDP.
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