Green Party candidate Ralph Torrie says it’s the best start to a campaign the party has ever had in Northumberland-Quinte West. For full story see Trentonian Continue Reading →
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Torrie dismayed by May’s exclusion from debates
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COBOURG — With all news indicating that Green Party national leader Elizabeth May will not have a seat in the debates that will take place during the Federal campaign, local Federal Green candidate Ralph Torrie is disappointed — but mostly dismayed at the attitude of the very people she would have been debating. For full story see Northumberland Today Continue Reading →
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Christianson decries ‘trail of broken promises’
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COLD SPRINGS -A glitch in the telephone calling system of the Ontario NDP party prevented local members from knowing about Wednesday night’s nomination meeting for the Northumberland-Quinte West riding. As a result only a very small number of party faithful showed up. For full story see Northumberland Today Continue Reading →
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Christianson ‘tells it like it is’
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Voters can expect NDP candidate Russ Christianson to come out swinging during the election campaign. “I’ll tell it like it is,” said Christianson following his official nomination Wednesday. For full story see Trentonian Continue Reading →
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Accountability and trust key for NDP
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The NDP campaign won’t officially kick off until Wednesday. That’s when Russ Christianson will be acclaimed as Northumberland-Quinte West candidate at a nomination meeting at the Cold Springs Memorial Hall. But that didn’t stop campaign manager Murray Weppler from going on the offensive. For full story see The Trentonian Continue Reading →
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Jobs the only election issue, Rudd says
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NORTHUMBERLAND/QUI NTE WEST — Liberal supporters packed the party’s western-end Cobourg campaigning office Monday afternoon as first-time federal Liberal candidate Kim Rudd gave her initial election speech since the Writ was dropped Friday. For full story see Northumberland Today Continue Reading →
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Rudd ready to rumble
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It hasn’t taken long for the political gloves to come off in the local federal election campaign. Just two days into the campaign, Northumberland-Quinte West Liberal candidate Kim Rudd said she won’t be a “lap-dog for the powers that be in Ottawa.” For full story see The Trentonian Continue Reading →
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Local candidates gear up for May 2 federal election
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NORTHUMBERLAND – Candidates in the riding of Northumberland-Quinte West are off and running toward a May 2 federal election after a non-confidence vote by opposition parties in the House of Commons on Friday was followed by the dropping of the Writ on Saturday. For full story see Northumberland Today Continue Reading →
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No better time for federal election
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As Canadian CF-18s participate in the Allied forces military mission against Libya this week, the country enters a week of domestic political uncertainty. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government faces a stern test as it faces contempt of Parliament ruling, the introduction of a new federal budget and a series of serious questions regarding the ethical behaviour of the Conservative Party of Canada. Locally, federal politics is also heating up. Liberal candidate Kim Rudd took Tory MP Rick Norlock to the woodshed over economic development funding. This comes after he admitted unemployment rates of nearly 10 per cent for the last quarter of 2010 are unacceptable. Continue Reading →