{"id":36224,"date":"2025-05-01T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36224"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:41:28","slug":"carney-spent-final-weekend-campaign-in-push-for-local-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/carney-spent-final-weekend-campaign-in-push-for-local-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney spent final weekend campaign in push for local candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was little over 48 hours before Canadians went to the polls, but as Liberal leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney made the rounds in Aurora\u2019s two ridings on Saturday morning, he was using a different unit of measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to use my hockey analogy: we\u2019re down to two minutes in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup,\u201d he told Liberal supporters at Aurora\u2019s Royal Rose Gallery on April 26. \u201cPlease leave everything on the ice: a few more door-knocks, a few more phone calls, a few more conversations. We want everyone possible to support us regardless of which party they supported in the past. The country is coming together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carney\u2019s appearance at the Royal Rose Gallery alongside Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill candidate Leah Taylor Roy was his second stop of the day in Aurora\u2019s two ridings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting the day with an event at Seneca College in King Township, Carney was soon in Newmarket-Aurora where he toured a Main Street business with candidate Jennifer McLachlan before heading south to Aurora\u2019s historic downtown core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are the right person at the right time, Prime Minister Carney, and I really thank you for coming to this neck of the woods,\u201d said Taylor Roy, greeting the leader. \u201cWe are fighting hard to keep this riding \u2018red,\u2019 and with your leadership, we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, Carney underscored the importance of Monday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I recall correctly, there\u2019s a quote from Picasso that [Royal Rose] Gallery uses, which is, \u2018Art helps us shake the dust off our souls,\u2019 and that\u2019s what this election is about,\u201d he said. \u201cI am thrilled to be here. This is the most crucial election of our lifetimes\u2026and I am thrilled to be here with Leah because she represents what\u2019s at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s at stake, he said, was \u201cthe threat from Donald Trump, how we can build Canada Strong\u201d and \u201chow we can fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Roy\u2019s business background, he said, represented a \u201clong, successful\u201d career in Canada, \u201cbut Leah\u2019s much more than that \u2013 and that\u2019s the point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy do we care about a strong economy? Why do we care about winning this trade war? We care about it because we care about people. We care about a career in the not-for-profit sector Leah has had. We care about the vulnerable in our society\u2026 we care about equality in our society in all its respects \u2013 reconciliation, the equality of men and women,\u201d he said, citing Taylor Roy\u2019s work in Ottawa, including chairing the Liberal Women\u2019s Caucus. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing together all those aspects; that\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting for in this election: yes, the strongest economy; yes, winning the trade war, but bringing us together for the benefit of everyone in Canada \u2013 young, old, new Canadian, First Nations, Indigenous Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can win this election with your help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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