CASTLEGAR NEWS Thursday, August 13, 2015
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Vol.12 • Issue 33
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The date for the next federal election hasn’t changed, but Canadian voters are now in the longest election campaign in recent history. Sunday marked the beginning of the 2015 federal election campaign, 11 weeks ahead of the scheduled election date of Oct. 19. “Eleven weeks is a long time for people to listen to the campaigning and to see the signage littering the countryside,” said South Okanagan West Kootenay Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk. “I think it is going to be wearisome for the public, but at the same time, I am excited to be kicking off the campaign locally.” The new riding sees Castlegar, Greater Trail, the Slocan Valley and the Boundary join Oliver, Osoyoos, and Penticton in the new riding. With incumbent Conservative MP Dan Albas choosing to run in the new Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding, and Alex Atamanenko, NDP incumbent for the former BC Southern Interior riding
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retiring, the field was left open. The three current challengers for the riding are Denesiuk, Marshall Neufeld for the Conservatives, Richard Cannings for the NDP and Brian Gray as an independent. The Green Party have yet to name a candidate, but say they plan to field one. Cannings said he expects the riding will see a hard fought race between the Conservatives and the NDP. “It gives us a riding where we have a real chance of winning. We think we have a very good chance of defeating the conservatives here,” said Cannings. Neufeld, who was selected as the Conservative candidate in 2014, has been campaigning for some time. “I have been door-knocking for a couple of months now,” said Neufeld, adding that he doesn’t expect the lengthy election period to affect his plans, though he admits it will be a hard battle for the Conservatives to take the new riding. “It is certainly going to be a tighter race. I believe it is going to be a tight race between the leadership being offered by Stephen Harper and the economic and foreign affairs policies of Thomas Mulcair.”
Political pundits atthreehundredeight.com have South Okanagan West Kootenay heavily slanted to the NDP, projected to win 47.5 per cent of the vote. The Conservatives are projected at 29.4 per cent, and Liberals at 13.2. “If we had a NDP government under Tom Mulcair, just think of the changes that would happen,” said Cannings, pointing to policies like affordable child care and increased corporate income taxes. “The Conservatives have tried to paint themselves as good fiscal managers, but they have run seven consecutive deficits. “The economy is faltering as the American economy is revving up to the south. It is really time for change.” Denesiuk said the Liberal platform is geared towards change. “Substantive change is what we need, is what I am hearing, and that is exactly what our plan is going to do,” she said. “Conservatives have the worst economic record since the 1930s. Our economy is in a dismal state and we have to get back on track.”
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