{"id":18774,"date":"2017-10-25T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T20:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18774"},"modified":"2017-10-25T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T20:38:16","slug":"former-mp-launches-conservative-bid-in-newmarket-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/former-mp-launches-conservative-bid-in-newmarket-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MP launches Conservative bid in Newmarket-Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Local Conservatives marked the two-year countdown to the next Federal Election by looking firmly to the future, applauding former Newmarket-Aurora MP Lois Brown as she declared her intention to seek the party\u2019s nomination for 2019.
\nMs. Brown threw her hat into the ring before a packed house of supporters Saturday at the Newmarket branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.
\n\u201cIt is two years today until the next election and we\u2019re at the halfway mark for the mandate of the Liberals and I believe we need to start getting our message out,\u201d Ms. Brown told The Auroran on why she was declaring her intentions so early in the game. \u201cI believe we need to work hard on behalf of the people of Newmarket-Aurora and make sure they know there are Conservatives right here who want to take their message to Ottawa.\u201d
\nSince her defeat in the last Federal election by incumbent Liberal MP Kyle Peterson, Ms. Brown has remained a fixture at many community organizations. When asked what declaring now would enable her to do that she hasn\u2019t been doing already, she said people have been asking her of future plans.
\n\u201cNow they know that I have made my declaration,\u201d she said. \u201cI have taken some time over the last two years to really give it some thought. [Husband] Kelvin and I have our business and we have had some really good contracts and have really enjoyed what we\u2019re doing, but I believe I have more to do for this community and that\u2019s why I am making my stake today.\u201d
\nMs. Brown put her stake in the ground through a speech in which she expressed her support for long-time MP Andrew Scheer, who was elected leader of the Conservative party earlier this year, took aim at Mr. Peterson and his party\u2019s policies, and offered her record as an MP.
\n\u201cWhile we will always be grateful for the leadership of Stephen Harper, Canadians did vote for change in 2015 and I will be the first to admit our communications needed some improvement,\u201d Ms. Brown told supporters. \u201cSo, we have generational change in our leadership and I am excited to watch Andrew Scheer as he grows in his leadership and as he prepares to become our next Prime Minister. I believe Andrew understands you and he understands me. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he does not have a trust fund.
\n\u201cAndrew is middle class and I know he cares deeply for the future of Canada for his kids \u2013 and he must care a lot because he has five of them! Andrew is focused on economic growth and jobs because he wants jobs for your kids and he wants jobs for his kids.\u201d
\nWhile she said she was \u201cexcited\u201d about the Party\u2019s future, she said she was \u201cdismayed\u201d with the direction of the Liberal Government.
\nChief among these concerns were tax changes recently proposed by Finance Minister Bill Morneau which Ms. Brown said were an \u201cattack\u201d on small businesses and entrepreneurs.
\n\u201cI can tell you the current
\nmember for Newmarker-Aurora\u2026heard from hundreds of his constituents who opposed the tax changes and simply asked for an extension for the consultations,\u201d she claimed. \u201cWell, Mr. Peterson stood up in the House of Commons in lock step with his Liberal colleagues and he voted against his constituents. So, I ask, Mr. Peterson, do you represent your constituents?\u201d
\nShe told supporters their question should be what they can expect from a Conservative government.
\n\u201cI can assure you a Conservative government will return to the principles of fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, policies that encourage businesses and entrepreneurs and policies that let Canadians keep more of their own money,\u201d said Ms. Brown.
\nVeering briefly from policy, Ms. Brown explained to assembled Conservatives what she has been up to over the last two years. In addition to the business she shares with Kelvin, she said she has been working with the Newmarket Legion on various projects, serving on the Regimental Council for the Queen\u2019s York Rangers, continued her involvement with St. John\u2019s Ambulance as well as the Aurora Historical Society.
\n\u201cI have also continued my international development work with maternal newborn and child health,\u201d she said. \u201cI have been lending my knowledge and experience to several NGOs that are working in Africa and am currently a board member for my son-in-law\u2019s corporation that is growing in Ghana. The time has come for me to refocus my energy because two years from today we will have a Federal election. I want to say thank you to every one of you who has supported me and encouraged me over the last while and it has really been overwhelming for me, the number of people who have asked me to run again.
\n\u201cI am running in response to those hundreds of people I have encountered over the last two years who have asked me to run again. I am running because I feel the need to continue to serve my community right here in Newmarket-Aurora to use my experience to serve Canada and to make a better future for all Canadians. I know I still have so much to do and I still have so much to give. I can promise you this: I will work very, very hard to earn the right to be your Conservative candidate, but I need your support.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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