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OBSERVER QUESNEL - CARIBOO
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Barnett secures Cariboo North NDP nomination AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter
Duncan Barnett has secured the position of NDP candidate for Cariboo North. The decision was announced Sunday afternoon after Barnett and NDP hopeful Sushil Thapar spoke in front of close to 200 supporters at the Legion. “I really appreciate the
confidence placed in me,” Barnett said. “I hope you can look back and say I earned it. I will work hard for you.” Barnett was a CRD director for 10 years and has owned and operated a ranch near Williams Lake for nearly two decades. “Duncan will be a great candidate for Cariboo North,” BC NDP leader Adrian Dix said.
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“He knows the issues in the constituency and has been working hard in the community for many years.” Dix also spoke to his party’s plans to focus on engaging people in their right to vote, rather than “attacks ads.” “Fifty-five percent of the province did not vote [in the last provincial election],” he said. “Negative campaigns are
turning people off.” Dix said his party’s campaign strategy is to focus on the issues and how they plan to address them. “We have core economic issues,” he said, adding they can be broken down into three categories. “One, society and our economy isn’t as productive as it used to be,” he said, noting raw log exports.
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“Two, we have more inequality today then we have had in decades,” Dix said, adding B.C.’s rates are the highest in the nation. Dix outlined sustainability as the third economic issue, pointing to the mountain pine beetle issue and protecting the environment while building communities and creating jobs. Dix also spoke to edu-
cation and the need to reinstate funding because “investing in higher education is investing in the future.” Dix then urged supporters to “get involved” in any way they could. “These seats [Cariboo] are essential in winning the provincial election,” he said. “In order to bring about change, we have to win here.”
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