{"id":23444,"date":"2019-04-04T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23444"},"modified":"2019-04-04T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:38:36","slug":"mp-kyle-peterson-wont-seek-re-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/mp-kyle-peterson-wont-seek-re-election-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Kyle Peterson won\u2019t seek re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Kyle Peterson will not seek re-election this fall, the MP\nfor Newmarket-Aurora announced Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Peterson, who was first elected to Parliament in\n2015, said he was finding it \u201cincreasingly difficult\u201d to find the work-life\nbalance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the greatest honour to serve the best community in\nthe House of Commons. I am truly blessed. However, after much thought and\nconsideration, I have decided not to run for re-election in October. Of course,\nI will continue to serve as your Member of Parliament until the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been the most difficult decision to make. As\nmuch as I enjoy being your MP, I am finding it increasingly difficult to find a\nbalance between that role and being around for my sons, Kolton and Kash, who\nare now nine and seven, and are growing up fast, as kids tend to do. I want to\nbe more than a FaceTime father. After spending much time with them over\nChristmas, and more recently over March Break, I know in my heart this is the\nright decision at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his letter to constituents, Mr. Peterson said he was\n\u201cproud\u201d to have served with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the entire\nLiberal caucus, noting, \u201cI want to thank him for his support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said he \u201clooked forward to supporting the Party\nand the Prime Minister in the upcoming Federal election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have made many friendships that will last a long\ntime,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were many accomplishments, both on a national and local\nlevel that I take pride in. The Canada Child Benefit has lifted 275,000\nchildren out of poverty. Our economy has created more than 900,000 new jobs. We\nhave diversified global trade with CETA and CPTPP, and stood up for Canadians\nwith NAFTA negotiations. We have lowered small business and middle-class tax\nrates. We increased support for veterans. We are taking steps to address\nclimate change and have improved conditions in Indigenous communities. Locally,\nI was pleased to attract funding for students, for infrastructure, for\ninnovation, for culture and for seniors. I was happy to attend hundreds of\nevents, showcasing the vibrant and dynamic place we call home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been a Liberal since my early days at Western\nUniversity in 1990, and involved in politics as early as high school at [Newmarket\u2019s]\nHuron Heights. I never thought politics should be overly partisan and I tried\nnot to be. I have made many friends in all parties in Ottawa. To me, politics\nis about the people we represent. Every MP is there for the people that elected\nthem. I tried to respect that regardless of which party they may be in. We\ndidn\u2019t always agree, but I always tried to get along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was proud to have support from both sides of my\nPrivate Member\u2019s motion which will help promote the physical activity of youth.\nI do think we accomplish more working together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing out his statement, Mr. Peterson thanked his\noffice staff and riding volunteers who worked on his behalf, as well as his\nfamily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to especially thank Andrea, whose support I could\nalways count on, and who had to double-duty in the past four years as a\nparent,\u201d he said. \u201cI know the boys thank you, too. They are lucky to have you.\nI will continue to work hard, and I remain dedicated to the people of\nNewmarket-Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Mr. Peterson\u2019s announcement, social media\npundits pointed to his decision to not seek re-election as another blow to the\nLiberal Government, which is still dealing with fallout from the SNC-Lavalin\naffair. But, speaking to The Auroran at the start of the week, Mr. Peterson\nreiterated his support for both the Prime Minister and the Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am still going to be supporting the Liberal Party, the\nPrime Minister, and I will work hard in the election on whoever the Liberal\ncandidate is going to be,\u201d he said, noting he will also continue to work hard\nfor the community for the rest of his time in office, addressing constituents\u2019\nissues, getting the recently introduced Federal Budget through the House of\nCommons, and supporting the government\u2019s legislative agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thoroughly enjoyed being the Member of Parliament,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cI think I did my best to serve our community, to profile and highlight\nsome of the positive stories that are happening in our community, and just do\nwhat I could for the people of Newmarket-Aurora. I never tried to be really\npartisan, always trying to be objective and consider all points of view to the\nbest of my ability, but it was a great honour and it certainly was something I\nwill remember fondly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I have learned the most [during my time in office]\nis the diversity of our country, both in regional diversity, personal diversity\nand the diversity of perspectives and how there is always two sides to every\nissue and how you need to listen to both sides, I think, to make a good\ndecision. There\u2019s not ever going to unanimity on things, but you want to get to\nthe best conclusion possible by listening to as many voices as possible. It was\na fantastic experience for me. I gained so much from it and that\u2019s what made\nthis a tough decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir Kyle Peterson will not seek re-election this fall, the MP for Newmarket-Aurora announced Thursday. Mr. Peterson, who was first elected to Parliament in 2015, said he was finding it \u201cincreasingly difficult\u201d to find the work-life balance. \u201cIt is the greatest honour to serve the best community in the House of Commons. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-668","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 19:35:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}