{"id":11574,"date":"2015-08-12T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=11574"},"modified":"2015-08-26T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T20:01:50","slug":"mrs-harper-fires-up-local-conservatives-while-ndp-hold-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/mrs-harper-fires-up-local-conservatives-while-ndp-hold-day-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Harper fires up local Conservatives while NDP hold “day of action”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

It had been less than a week since her husband met with the Governor General triggering the latest Federal election, but Laureen Harper wasted no time hitting the Aurora area to fire up local Conservatives. <\/p>\n

Mrs. Harper visited the Oak Ridges campaign office of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Conservative candidate Costas Menegakis last Wednesday afternoon on a whistle-stop tour of southern Ontario while Stephen Harper, along with the other Federal leaders, prepared for the following evening\u2019s debate, hosted by Macleans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a lot of you could be on vacation and things, but when you\u2019re a political junkie, you just can\u2019t wait to get started,\u201d said Ms. Harper. \u201cSome people are smiling at that, I know, lots of people are groaning, but lots of people who love politics are happy. We have campaigned over Christmas, at Easter, in the fall, and I think the only time we have not campaigned is over the summer, so now we have done the four seasons!\u2019<\/p>\n

With Mr. Menegakis describing the layout of the newly-minted riding of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, which comprises all of Aurora from the south side of Wellington Street East down to as far as Major Mackenzie Drive in Richmond Hill, Ms. Harper stressed the importance of getting to know your local candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband is one Member of Parliament,\u201d she explained, as she met residents from Aurora and Richmond Hill, along with a large contingent of Russian veterans now calling Canada home, including a 97-year-old man who served in the Siege of Leningrad. \u201cWe don\u2019t get to vote for Prime Ministers in this country. We vote for our local representatives and he couldn\u2019t do it if we didn\u2019t have lots of Members of Parliament like Costas behind us and then Costas wouldn\u2019t be where he is unless he had hundreds of people behind him door-knocking, being the greeters, and every campaign has to have their greeters and sign guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing more fun and rewarding for Canadians than to get out to their local campaigns. It doesn\u2019t matter what colour \u2013 of all the different colours, I am partial to blue \u2013 but I think for Canadians, it is a lot of fun to join your local campaign, meet people who you would normally never meet, and get out of your little neighbourhood and into a bigger part of your community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aurorans living on the north side of Wellington Street will vote in the reconfigured riding of Newmarket-Aurora and the northern riding\u2019s NDP candidate, Yvonne Kelly certainly aimed at being a bigger part of their community.<\/p>\n

Ms. Kelly and local NDP supporters spent Saturday hosting a Day of Action, part of a Canada-wide initiative to highlight party leader Tom Mulcair\u2019s economic platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 10 years of Stephen Harper, middle class families can\u2019t afford another four years of working harder and not getting further ahead,\u201d said Ms. Kelly. \u201cThat is why Canadians are looking for change and the NDP is ready to bring positive change in Ottawa. Stephen Harper\u2019s plan isn\u2019t working and he\u2019s out of touch with what\u2019s important to York Region and all Canadians. The NDP\u2019s plan is built on the enduring values of respect, accountability and an unwavering commitment to focus the government\u2019s priorities on helping the middle class get ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Laureen

Laureen Harper meets Aurora resident Art Hagopian<\/p><\/div>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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