{"id":36053,"date":"2025-03-27T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36053"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:01:38","slug":"cobena-pledges-to-bring-promise-of-canada-back-if-elected-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/cobena-pledges-to-bring-promise-of-canada-back-if-elected-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobena pledges to \u201cbring promise of Canada\u201d back if elected MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Newmarket-Aurora Conservative candidate Sandra Cobena promises to \u201cbring back the promise of Canada\u201d if elected Member of Parliament in next month\u2019s Federal election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cobena delivered this message Saturday morning as she formally kicked off her campaign in Newmarket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined by her family and dozens of supporters, the Ecuador-born candidate said \u201cCanada is the land of quiet strength and second chances,\u201d and \u201cthat\u2019s my story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy story is one of second chances because I came to Canada when I was 13 with my parents and younger brothers. We did not have more than just the clothes in our luggage,\u201d she said. \u201cSadly for us, that luggage got stolen so we had to put our clothes temporarily in garbage bags \u2013 but do you know what? It didn\u2019t matter. It didn\u2019t matter because we were in Canada and Canada was the land of opportunity and being Canadian is a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her parents, she said, worked two jobs to make ends meet for their family, until they had enough money to put a down-payment on a house in Aurora \u2013 their first permanent roots in their new country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat same path that my family followed is no longer possible today,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Liberals have left generations behind. They have left my generation behind, they have left my children\u2019s generation behind \u2013 I don\u2019t say this with anger, I say this with sadness. Our generation cannot afford a home, we cannot dream about starting a business \u2013 when you look around, you see businesses shutting down\u2026 We in fact cannot even dream the way our parents did because it all feels so unattainable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not solely about unattainability, she added \u2013 crime is also a factor. She took aim and what she described as the Liberals\u2019 \u201ccatch and release\u201d bail policy and accused Liberal supporters as being \u201cblind to the issues they have created.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have forgotten about the cost-of living crisis, they have forgotten about the burden of debt\u2026[and] the thing about forgetting history is you\u2019re bound to repeat its mistakes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am standing here today because I firmly believe in Pierre\u2019s vision to restore the Canadian Promise, that anyone from anywhere can achieve anything through hard work. Pierre, some of you may not know, was actually adopted by two schoolteachers. His wife Ana, is a refugee from Venezuela, and what we all have in common is we started with nothing. We carry our struggles in our hearts, we haven\u2019t forgotten them and, in fact, they guide us. They remind us who we serve. We don\u2019t serve the shareholders of Brookfield Asset Management who moved their headquarters to New York just six days after Trump became President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know what it means to build something bit by bit, little by little, with grit, with grace, and with gratitude. We want to see hard work pay off with those powerful paycheques that will buy Canadians a beautiful home right here in Newmarket and Aurora in a safe neighbourhood. You may ask, \u2018How are you going to do that?\u2019 We\u2019re going to do that simply by building the homes, not building with a bloated government the Liberals have built over the last 10 years, by cutting taxes. It\u2019s the carbon tax, the capital gains, income taxes, and bringing the cost of living down, by making sure that hard work pays off and by letting workers keep more of their hard-earned money because doesn\u2019t it sound silly when somebody says, \u2018I could work more but it doesn\u2019t really make sense for me to work more\u2026because the government is going to take my money anyways. It doesn\u2019t have to be a trade-off. Today it is. We need to restore safe streets, end catch and release bail, and finally support our police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I am given the honour to represent this town of Newmarket and Aurora, I will not stop until our streets are safe, until homes are actually affordable for Canadians, the shops of main street and the families behind them are thriving \u2013 not until Canada stands tall again and is respected around the world because this country is worth fighting for because it is your home, it is my home, it is our home, let\u2019s bring it home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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