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JULY 3, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 53
OUT OF AFRICA TODAY’S WEATHER
BC SPCA seizes 13 serval cats from Little Fort breeder
Sun and clouds High 29 C Low 16 C
NEWS/A7
CANADA DAY IN PHOTOS PAGE A12
GETTING TO WORK Trans Mountain prez says pipeline project should begin in fall
BUSINESS/A18
Scheer vows to reduce taxes if party is elected CONSERVATIVE LEADER SPOKE AT PARTY RALLY IN RIVERSIDE PARK MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com
Played on stage by the Kamloops Rube Band, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said the time is now for his party to earn the trust of Canadians. Scheer spoke at a party rally in Riverside park on Tuesday, telling a large crowd of supporters people have told him they regret supporting the Liberals in 2015. “We’re going to need you to take the message door-to-door,” he said. Voters go to the polls on Oct. 21. The 2015 results in Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo saw Conservative Cathy McLeod get re-elected with 24,595 votes and 35 per cent of the vote — the lowest totals of her three electoral victories. In the 2015 election, the New Democrat and Liberal candidates each earned 30 per cent of the vote, with Liberal Steve Powrie’s 21,215 votes the most ever received by a Liberal candidate in the riding. Voter turnout was 73.4 per cent en route to Justin Trudeau and the Liberals ousting Conservative PM Stephen Harper from power and forming a majority government. Asked if he viewed the riding as remaining a stronghold for the Conservatives, Scheer said no riding is taken for granted, regardless of past results. “Elections are about the next four years,” he told KTW, noting he feels voters were swept up in a wave of support for Trudeau because of the multiple promises he made, some of which have been broken, Scheer noted. The Liberals have recruited former Kamloops mayor and MLA Terry Lake for the 2019 campaign, but Scheer said he believes McLeod will hold her seat. See SCHEER, A6
MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaks to supporters in Riverside Park on Tuesday. Scheer was at a barbecue hosted by Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo MP Cathy McLeod and becomes the fourth national leader to visit the city in this election year. Voters go to the polls on Oct. 21.
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