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Liberal candidates from Outaouais ridings gathered in Gatineau Friday morning to begin a final weekend push against the New Democrats who are in power across the region.
“We started the campaign together, and we’re finishing it together,” Gatineau candidate Steve MacKinnon told reporters. “People are thirsty for change. People are thirsty for a progressive alternative.”
“In Hull-Aylmer there are some major issues, such as the fate of public servants,” said Greg Fergus, the candidate there. He said the Liberals would bring back jobs, respect for public servants, and money for infrastructure which is a perennial issue in the city.
In Pontiac, candidate William Amos said everything comes down to fighting the hard economic times.
“There’s no question about it: In the Pontiac, it’s a depression,” he said.
“There’s no other way of looking at it. Our families need jobs. Our families need infrastructure. Our families need hope that there’s something for them in the future.”
Amos said voters have been asking candidates: “Give us a plan. What are you going to do for us?”
“So we said pretty simply, we’re going to have economic summits, and we’re going to do that within six months. We’re going to sit down with the mayors, with the First Nations, with the Chambers of Commerce, and we’re going to get a plan together. We’re going to prioritize … pick a few priorities and do it well.”
But the Outaouais voted heavily for the New Democrats in 2011, and on Friday reporters were asking how the Liberals hope to overcome that.
MacKinnon said the key has been to offer support to public servants, to promise generous spending for infrastructure, and to promise to work closely with the City of Gatineau and its neighbours.
He called it “a campaign of closeness” — making individual contact with people in their homes and at Rapibus stops to spread the party’s message and listen to what voters want.
Amos, an environmental lawyer, said that southern part of Pontiac in particular is looking for environmental protection. He noted that he is endorsed by GreenPAC, a national group that supports candidates of different parties with a strong environmental record.
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“We started the campaign together, and we’re finishing it together,” Gatineau candidate Steve MacKinnon told reporters. “People are thirsty for change. People are thirsty for a progressive alternative.”
“In Hull-Aylmer there are some major issues, such as the fate of public servants,” said Greg Fergus, the candidate there. He said the Liberals would bring back jobs, respect for public servants, and money for infrastructure which is a perennial issue in the city.
In Pontiac, candidate William Amos said everything comes down to fighting the hard economic times.
“There’s no question about it: In the Pontiac, it’s a depression,” he said.
“There’s no other way of looking at it. Our families need jobs. Our families need infrastructure. Our families need hope that there’s something for them in the future.”
Amos said voters have been asking candidates: “Give us a plan. What are you going to do for us?”
“So we said pretty simply, we’re going to have economic summits, and we’re going to do that within six months. We’re going to sit down with the mayors, with the First Nations, with the Chambers of Commerce, and we’re going to get a plan together. We’re going to prioritize … pick a few priorities and do it well.”
But the Outaouais voted heavily for the New Democrats in 2011, and on Friday reporters were asking how the Liberals hope to overcome that.
MacKinnon said the key has been to offer support to public servants, to promise generous spending for infrastructure, and to promise to work closely with the City of Gatineau and its neighbours.
He called it “a campaign of closeness” — making individual contact with people in their homes and at Rapibus stops to spread the party’s message and listen to what voters want.
Amos, an environmental lawyer, said that southern part of Pontiac in particular is looking for environmental protection. He noted that he is endorsed by GreenPAC, a national group that supports candidates of different parties with a strong environmental record.
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