http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-greens-maritimes-1.4424514
For its next breakthrough, the Green Party might want to go east
The Greens now have 6 provincial MLAs across the country — half of them in the Maritimes
By Éric Grenier, CBC News Posted: Nov 30, 2017 5:00 AM ET323 Comments
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David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards One good tune deserves another particularly when it come to Carbon Tax
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
Jack Richards
Here is a true Liberal, NDP and Green party song.
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards I posted a
better song to a earlier comment of yours but CBC blocked it for some
strange reason I will never understand.
It was the lyrics to the Beatles old song Taxman How on Gods' Green Earth could that be offensive?
It was the lyrics to the Beatles old song Taxman How on Gods' Green Earth could that be offensive?
David Raymond Amos
Methinks I may give Mr Coon a run for the gold
Roger Richard
Roger Richard
Changes will come from the people and not from politiciens. Being payed, politiciens want the statu quo.
David Raymond Amos
@Roger Richard Oh so true sir
Tim Zarantz
Green party? Breakthrough?
Oh man - that made coffee come out my nose!
There is just no way that bunch of fanatical incompetents would get elected.
Oh - wait - we HAVE a bunch of incompetents running our country.... wooops.
Oh man - that made coffee come out my nose!
There is just no way that bunch of fanatical incompetents would get elected.
Oh - wait - we HAVE a bunch of incompetents running our country.... wooops.
David Raymond Amos
@Tim Zarantz "Oh man - that made coffee come out my nose!"
Did the Bird of Paradise fly up it yet looking for more coffee?
Did the Bird of Paradise fly up it yet looking for more coffee?
Israel Marshall
@David Raymond Amos Or maybe the elephant misjudged and stomped on him?
David Raymond Amos
@Israel Marshall I doubt Mr Trump is reading this comment thread
Methinks many people seated in the House who are whipped by NDP, Liberal and Conservative bosses and the lonely Green lawyer Dizzy Lizzy in particular should read a book called "Good Bye Canada" then speak up openly and honestly for the benefit of all in the House on the Hill in faraway Ottawa that doesn't care about the Common Folks they purportedly serve N'esy Pas?
Michael Murphy
@Tim Zarantz
Spends years posting right wing talking points, expects us to believe he has voted Liberal
Hilarious
Spends years posting right wing talking points, expects us to believe he has voted Liberal
Hilarious
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Murphy Hilarious??? I
could say the same about you in that you have never dared to respond to
me within CBC ever. Methinks we both know the reason why N'esy Pas?
David Sampson
More voices at the table is
always welcomed and the Green Party has much to offer. Not unlike the
NDP, the value of the Greens may be in the influence they exert on
changing the minds of those who create platforms for the Grits and
Tories. As seen in past elections, both the Libs and the Cons are not
above stealing portions of other Parties agenda if they believe it would
attract votes.
David Raymond Amos
@David Sampson "More voices at the table is always welcomed"
I know for a fact not all voices are welcomed because I have been barred from legislative properties since I first ran for public office in 2004. My question is why will nobody voice an opinion about that simple fact?
I know for a fact not all voices are welcomed because I have been barred from legislative properties since I first ran for public office in 2004. My question is why will nobody voice an opinion about that simple fact?
Michael Murphy
@ Lyle H.Rossiter You're right
Conservatives have the same tired old ideas today that they've held all my life
Conservatives have the same tired old ideas today that they've held all my life
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Murphy I am
collecting my Old Age pension now and I have a long memory of what my
Father was saying when I was a kid. I know for a fact the same "tired
old ideas' comment can be used against Canada's Natural Governing Party"
With regards to the Liberal acting differently. Why did the Liberals
ignore the real reasons why Harper destroyed RB Bennett's Wheat Board
and supported Bill C 51? I know it offended my Father's son enough to
put his name on a ballot again in 2015 after not doing so since 2006..
I recall my Father was particularly upset when the Marxist lawyer Trudeau" The Elder" took power and destroyed the mandate of old RB Bennett's beloved Bank of Canada while falsely claiming he said "Fuddle Duddle". Yea Right when was it funny for a Priime Minister to lie?. Al lt e veteran noticed that Trudeau "The Elder" had no problem declaring Martial Law in a heartbeat to protect himself and his buddies yet the same rich dude did not enlist to defend our Commonwealth in WWII.
Meanwhile since the early seventies the rest of us have had to pay more taxes and interest while our Native Land has sunk deep in debt. Nothanks to the Liberal and ther Conservative and NDp cohorts. Now the liberals are using the Crown Corp called CBC that RB Bennett also created to promote their propaganda to promote a Carbon Tax? Welll at least I noticed and said something in public.
I recall my Father was particularly upset when the Marxist lawyer Trudeau" The Elder" took power and destroyed the mandate of old RB Bennett's beloved Bank of Canada while falsely claiming he said "Fuddle Duddle". Yea Right when was it funny for a Priime Minister to lie?. Al lt e veteran noticed that Trudeau "The Elder" had no problem declaring Martial Law in a heartbeat to protect himself and his buddies yet the same rich dude did not enlist to defend our Commonwealth in WWII.
Meanwhile since the early seventies the rest of us have had to pay more taxes and interest while our Native Land has sunk deep in debt. Nothanks to the Liberal and ther Conservative and NDp cohorts. Now the liberals are using the Crown Corp called CBC that RB Bennett also created to promote their propaganda to promote a Carbon Tax? Welll at least I noticed and said something in public.
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Murphy I also know
for a fact that Paul Hellyer is the longest serving current member of
the Privy Council of Canada, just ahead of Prince Philip. That old dude
who has sat on both sides of the House of Commons ran for the leadership
of both ruling parties wrote an interesting book many years ago.
Methinks many people seated in the House who are whipped by NDP, Liberal and Conservative bosses and the lonely Green lawyer Dizzy Lizzy in particular should read a book called "Good Bye Canada" then speak up openly and honestly for the benefit of all in the House on the Hill in faraway Ottawa that doesn't care about the Common Folks they purportedly serve N'esy Pas?
James Freney
It's time for change in New
Brunswick.People are sick of the same old RED/BLUE parties squandering
public money , making back room deals, hiding behind the cloak of
confidentiality with public funds, giving away resources, and cowering
down to big business.
James Freney
@Rob Shea Exactly what the
mainstream parties would have us believe. Time for a shake up. It's a
joke with CONS and LIBS trying to discredit the opposition .
David Raymond Amos
@James Freney I always run as
an Independent. However I am considering running under a friend's
banner next time because he has created a different sort of political
party that nobody seems to want to talk about. That simple fact makes me
want to join with those fellow Maritimers and play a part in helping
them find a seat or two in the Legislature from which I am barred illegally.
David Raymond Amos
@James Freney "People are sick of the same old RED/BLUE parties"
I responded and 9 dislikes thus far Betcha they were all from the evil RED/BLUE people N'esy Pas?
I responded and 9 dislikes thus far Betcha they were all from the evil RED/BLUE people N'esy Pas?
Rob Shea
Ol Lizzie May. Is she drinking again? Only will ever be a fringe party
David Raymond Amos
@Agnes Hone
"When we change our Electoral Voting System"
Who is this "We" stuff?
Trudeau "The Younger" and buddies Gallant and MacLauchlan already suckered folks with that big talk correct?
"When we change our Electoral Voting System"
Who is this "We" stuff?
Trudeau "The Younger" and buddies Gallant and MacLauchlan already suckered folks with that big talk correct?
David Raymond Amos
@Rob Shea "Ol Lizzie May. Is she drinking again"
At least that sneaky lawyer lets a little truth leak out when she is drunk. Did ya watch her Conservative wannabe Leader lawyer pal drag Dizzy Lizzy off the stage during that not so comical roast?
At least that sneaky lawyer lets a little truth leak out when she is drunk. Did ya watch her Conservative wannabe Leader lawyer pal drag Dizzy Lizzy off the stage during that not so comical roast?
Edward King
I'm afraid l couldn't consider voting Green while May is the party leader.
David Raymond Amos
@Edward King Methinks that is wise
Simon Kung
There's no future at all for this party.
David Raymond Amos
@Simon Kung Methinks you may have to rethink that remark someday.
Mar Pell
They can't go too far east because nothing grows in NF.
The rock is grey and will never turn green.
The rock is grey and will never turn green.
@Mar Pell Ahh tis true but
methinks if the rock stops rolling the green moss creeps on. However the
ever-present snakes of all colours are always hidden under the rock
N'esy Pas?
jimmysinclair
Appalling leadership.
David Raymond Amos
@jimmysinclair What leadership?
Dean Melanson
As long as the 'free' EI and welfare money keeps pouring in east coasters will vote for anybody ...
David Raymond Amos
@Dean Melanson Oh my I bet
you also think like Harper in that we are all defeatists and like Rotten
Ralphy who stated we should freeze to death in the dark N'esy Pas?
Dean Melanson
@David Raymond Amos
No ... more like old man chretien when he quipped "Why give the east more money? So they can sit home and drink beer??"
No ... more like old man chretien when he quipped "Why give the east more money? So they can sit home and drink beer??"
David Raymond Amos
@Dean Melanson Nope guess again then read history byway of CBC
Liberal apologizes for saying Harper day-care bucks may buy beer, popcorn
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-apologizes-for-saying-harper-day-care-bucks-may-buy-beer-popcorn-1.534811
Liberal apologizes for saying Harper day-care bucks may buy beer, popcorn
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-apologizes-for-saying-harper-day-care-bucks-may-buy-beer-popcorn-1.534811
@David Raymond Amos In April
1994, Chrétien said, "It is better for them to have 50 per cent
productivity than to be sitting at home drinking beer." Program renamed
Employment Insurance under Chretien; entrance requirements increased;
coverage drops to around 50 per cent of workforce; $50 billion+ from UI
and EI fund used for general government revenue during 1990s and 2000s.
Dean Melanson
@David Raymond Amos
I notice you didn't say who the liberal was .... well it was our old pm paul martin .... AKA mr dithers ... it seems your liberal PM 's have very little use for atlantic canada except to throw 'free' $$$ at them to secure their vote ... culture of entitlement and dependency brought to you by the liberal party of canada ....
I notice you didn't say who the liberal was .... well it was our old pm paul martin .... AKA mr dithers ... it seems your liberal PM 's have very little use for atlantic canada except to throw 'free' $$$ at them to secure their vote ... culture of entitlement and dependency brought to you by the liberal party of canada ....
David Raymond Amos
@Shawn McShane I stand
corrected with regards to the beer statement (FYI I don't drink that
evil brew and never collected EI anyway)
BTW did you see the letter I wrote to Chrétien and Mulroney ten years later right after I ran for a seat i the 38th Parliament and just before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA and held under the charges of "Other" in solitary confinement?.
Just so ya know the aforementioned letter has been in the docket of Federal Court or quite sometime and argued by Crown Counsels and a few Judges as well since I ran in the election of the 42nd Parliament.
BTW did you see the letter I wrote to Chrétien and Mulroney ten years later right after I ran for a seat i the 38th Parliament and just before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA and held under the charges of "Other" in solitary confinement?.
Just so ya know the aforementioned letter has been in the docket of Federal Court or quite sometime and argued by Crown Counsels and a few Judges as well since I ran in the election of the 42nd Parliament.
David Raymond Amos
@Dean Melanson I pointed to
the assistant of Mr Dithers of tainted blood infamy who had the same
name as Georgy Boy Bush's assistant
However Mr McShane corrected me apparently Chrétien said it first
However Mr McShane corrected me apparently Chrétien said it first
George Biggs
The defeatist attitude has
them grasping. Trouble is, they continue to gasp for the same thing. It
is not hard to understand why some of these provinces have had over 4
decades of double digit unemployment and will continue with that as long
as they vote the way they do.
David Raymond Amos
@George Biggs "The defeatist attitude" ???
Did I hear a echo from the not so long gone Mr Harper?
Did I hear a echo from the not so long gone Mr Harper?
Raul Wallenberg
Easy to make green choices when there's no need to work.
David Raymond Amos
@Raul Wallenberg Green
choices pay dividends at work too .Recycle building supplies and
furniture for your office building. Digital files instead of paper,
fallen hardwood trees and pops can painted black to help the heat bill,
LED lights solar power and computers that run off old car batteries help
against the power bill and used vegetable oil for fuel to name but a
few.
Mike Trout
Great stuff Greens, please continue down the path you are on and goal of splitting the Socialist/Lefty/Liberal vote.
ABL/NDP/GP 2019
ABL/NDP/GP 2019
David Raymond Amos
@Mike Trout Good point but I pointed that fact out in 2004 and nobody cared.
Later in 2015 at a federal level if you wish to recall the NDP were highest in the polls out of the gate. However Mulcair the former Liberal lawyer from Quebec (who are closet Conservatives just like the Liberals in BC) kept putting his foot in his mouth for no reason I will ever understand. Nobody is that dumb. Clearly the folks all over Canada swung to the Liberals clearly because they had enough of both Harper and Mulcair.
In BC recently the Greens simply got lucky in a close election and now sit in the catbird seat. Enough said about that
Methinks the next Federal Election will surprise many political pundits including me. Trust that I do love a circus that offers many surprises that I cannot predict. However I will predict that although I have no idea who will win in 2019 I will say that once the dust settles "Canada's Natural Governing Party" will not possess the majority mandate it enjoys today. I just hope for the benefit of all that the polling result yields a minority mandate for whatever questionable political party is given the reigns of power.
One thing I know for certain is that the Green Party will never make much headway when Dizzy Lizzy cannot keep the faith within her own party. Just one year ago she was considering quitting. Methinks she should have done so N'esy Pas?
Michael Murphy
@Nick Stoikos Bet you thought trudeau would never win a majority or NDP would win a majority in Alberta
But of course when polls were right, they were biased
But of course when polls were right, they were biased
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Murphy It not so
much that the NDP won in Alberta but the fact that Albertan folks
obviously had enough of the Conservatives and their thinking that they
could do no wrong. The electorate had no other other options tis all. In
my humble opinion if the Wild Rose people had not been stabbed in the
back by their leaders they could have the last election and possibly the
the next one as well. .
Later in 2015 at a federal level if you wish to recall the NDP were highest in the polls out of the gate. However Mulcair the former Liberal lawyer from Quebec (who are closet Conservatives just like the Liberals in BC) kept putting his foot in his mouth for no reason I will ever understand. Nobody is that dumb. Clearly the folks all over Canada swung to the Liberals clearly because they had enough of both Harper and Mulcair.
In BC recently the Greens simply got lucky in a close election and now sit in the catbird seat. Enough said about that
Methinks the next Federal Election will surprise many political pundits including me. Trust that I do love a circus that offers many surprises that I cannot predict. However I will predict that although I have no idea who will win in 2019 I will say that once the dust settles "Canada's Natural Governing Party" will not possess the majority mandate it enjoys today. I just hope for the benefit of all that the polling result yields a minority mandate for whatever questionable political party is given the reigns of power.
One thing I know for certain is that the Green Party will never make much headway when Dizzy Lizzy cannot keep the faith within her own party. Just one year ago she was considering quitting. Methinks she should have done so N'esy Pas?
Jimmy Jack
Pretty difficult to win another seat while May hoards virtually all their money for her to be elected in her own seat.
They should have had more than her seat in two elections already.
They should have had more than her seat in two elections already.
David Raymond Amos
@Jimmy Jack "May hoards virtually all their money"
I heard that before. Hard telling not knowing for sure if it is true or false. However I do know for a fact that about a year ago she had a revolt within her party over Middle East issues and she ain't as popular as everybody thinks she is within her own party.
I heard that before. Hard telling not knowing for sure if it is true or false. However I do know for a fact that about a year ago she had a revolt within her party over Middle East issues and she ain't as popular as everybody thinks she is within her own party.
Jack Richards
Their carbon tax and cap n
trade are their biggest problem and Canadians do not support that.
Elizabeth May is a dreamer and her carbon tax and cap n trade is nothing
more than a tax scam.
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards "her carbon tax and cap n trade is nothing more than a tax scam"
YUP
YUP
Jack Richards
The majority of Canadians do
not support, Trudeau's Notley's, BC Liberal NDP, Ontario Liberal carbon
tax or cap n trade or Quebecs corrupted fuel tax.
Dustin Carey
@Jack Richards
I'm quite positive you have never in your life spoken on behalf of the majority of Canadians
I'm quite positive you have never in your life spoken on behalf of the majority of Canadians
David Raymond Amos
@Dustin Carey "I'm quite positive you have never in your life spoken on behalf of the majority of Canadians"
Methinks Mr Richards just did so.
Methinks Mr Richards just did so.
Jack Richards
Here is true Liberal, NDP and Green party song.
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
I want…
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
I want…
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David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards One good tune deserves another particularly when it come to Carbon Tax
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
dee coffey
Isn't it interesting that the Greens do best in our 2 coastal areas. I wonder why that is.
David Raymond Amos
@dee coffey "Isn't it interesting that the Greens do best in our 2 coastal areas"
Something in the air perhaps. Maybe folks who live by the ocean have clearer minds with less pollution in the air and fluoride in the water.
Perhaps more salt in their systems assists then in seeing the awful truth about Canada's Natural Governing Party and their Nasty Neo Con and Fake Left opposition. N'esy Pas?
Something in the air perhaps. Maybe folks who live by the ocean have clearer minds with less pollution in the air and fluoride in the water.
Perhaps more salt in their systems assists then in seeing the awful truth about Canada's Natural Governing Party and their Nasty Neo Con and Fake Left opposition. N'esy Pas?
Mack MacEven
Yes they should go East. Beijing sounds good.
David Raymond Amos
@Mack MacEven Good one
Jeremiah Johnson
The Liberals, NDP, the Greens: the country surely doesn't need anymore left-of-center political parties does it?
David Raymond Amos
@Jeremiah Johnson Methinks I
should remind you that the lawyer Dizzy Lizzy used to work for Mulroney
and that she is the best of buddies with many Conservatives.
Shawn McShane
@David Raymond Amos She was a policy adviser to Brian Mulroney's minister of the environment.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-elizabeth-may-questions-1.3260853
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-elizabeth-may-questions-1.3260853
David Raymond Amos
@Shawn McShane I know exactly
what the young Yankee lawyer Dizzy Lizzy did after she got sued bigtime
and lost she turned to the dark side of the "Force" Remember Agenda 21?
Brent Grywinski
I think many Canadians are
seriously looking for an alternative to the traditional parties. And if
our environment in Canada does not improve in the near future, more
people will take a good look at the Greens.
David Raymond Amos
@Brent Grywinski FYI There are other parties to worthy of being considered.
For instance there is a new Federal party called "Alliance du Nord" in New Brunswick that nobody talks about except people such as I
http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?dir=par&document=index&lang=e§ion=pol#allnorth
Then the is a new provincial party that was mentioned only once in any corporate media and sneered at by Fredericton's most infamous blogger
http://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/parties_assoc/rpp.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kiss-nb-political-party-1.4051485
For instance there is a new Federal party called "Alliance du Nord" in New Brunswick that nobody talks about except people such as I
http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?dir=par&document=index&lang=e§ion=pol#allnorth
Then the is a new provincial party that was mentioned only once in any corporate media and sneered at by Fredericton's most infamous blogger
http://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/parties_assoc/rpp.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kiss-nb-political-party-1.4051485
Ashley Zacharias
The Greens need to take a
page from how the Republicans rebuilt their party and regained power in
America. Start at the grassroots level and work your way up to national
politics. Get seats on city councils, school boards, and other municipal
organizations to prove that you're not just a one-issue party, but can
address a wide range of concerns. Don't expect to make big inroads in
national politics for another fifteen or twenty years. There's a lot of
good that can be done in lower profile positions in the meantime.
Dustin Carey
@Ashley Zacharias
Well, that and secure funding from a network of unscrupulous billionaires... But otherwise your point certainly has merit
Well, that and secure funding from a network of unscrupulous billionaires... But otherwise your point certainly has merit
David Raymond Amos
@Dustin Carey I agree
Rob Hali
Since Harper and Trudeau have
both lied to our injured war vets on ripping up the New Veterans
Charter, the Greens and NDP have a shot at a fairly strong voter pool...
I know Scheer is not Harper, but a mere promise from conservatives will
not bring back the vets...
David Raymond Amos
@Rob Hali "Scheer is not Harper"
I disagree Methinks Scheer is merely Harper 2.0
I disagree Methinks Scheer is merely Harper 2.0
Shawn McShane
Elizabeth May became known in
the 70s as a volunteer in the grassroots movement against proposed
aerial insecticide spraying on forests near her home on Cape Breton
Island, Nova Scotia. The effort prevented aerial insecticide spraying
from ever occurring in Nova Scotia. Years later, she and a local group
of residents went to court to prevent herbicide spraying. Her family
sacrificed their home and seventy acres of land in an adverse court
ruling to Scott Paper BUT Nova Scotia was spared from being the last
areas in Canada to be sprayed with Agent Orange. -Wiki
David Raymond Amos
@Shawn McShane True
Daniel McKay
If I wanted socialism, these days, I think I would vote Green before I"d vote orange.
It doesn't surprise me, though, that the Green Party is making headway; with all three established parties sitting within 10 degrees of each other on the political scale, any party outside of the liberal middle will have some appeal to those of us who are sick of the bologna coming from the dinosaurs.
It doesn't surprise me, though, that the Green Party is making headway; with all three established parties sitting within 10 degrees of each other on the political scale, any party outside of the liberal middle will have some appeal to those of us who are sick of the bologna coming from the dinosaurs.
David Raymond Amos
@Daniel McKay Methinks the Greens are far more right than left
Daniel McKay
@David Raymond Amos Really? A
right-leaning party with a strong environmental ethic appeals to me,
but I associate the Greens strictly with the left.
David Raymond Amos
@Daniel McKay I am a
treehugger who loves his guns but I would have nothing to do with the
Green Party or the other parties that do not mean one word they say.
That is why I ran as an independent fives thus far. Somebody needed to
debate them all.
Roy Kirk
We'd elect more members from the smaller parties if we just reduced the size of the the ridings.
David Raymond Amos
@Roy Kirk Kinda like New
Hampshire correct? More importantly if they don't get paid much to speak
on behalf of their neighbours like New Hampshire then things would
really change in a hurry N'esy Pas?
Dave Allen
If the Green agenda was as
important to the general population as the Greens think is was, they
would be in power. But fortunately, most people are smarter than that.
David Raymond Amos
@Dave Allen Methinks the awful truth is most folks simply don't care. Many people vote blue or red out of tradition and party affiliation and the elections are always decided by the swing voters.
@Dave Allen Methinks the awful truth is most folks simply don't care. Many people vote blue or red out of tradition and party affiliation and the elections are always decided by the swing voters.
Imagine if it were to be legislated that all folks are compelled to get off the couch and go vote like Australia and put one more line on the ballot "None of the Above" ? Then if "None of the Above" garnered the most votes then all the political parties would be ordered to deal with a byelection and offer new slate of candidates.
Methinks that would shake things up bigtime and politicking would become truly fun to watch I bet lots of folks would pay attention then N'esy Pas?
Shane MacDonald
@David Raymond Amos
The interesting thing will be whether or not the next generation after the boomers are as party-affiliated as the last. From what I have seen, younger folks are much less inclined to vote along party lines, and while the next few elections will still be dominated by boomers and their traditional habits, I think the traditional power-parties will become increasingly aware that they can't take voters (and a dedicated base) for granted.
The interesting thing will be whether or not the next generation after the boomers are as party-affiliated as the last. From what I have seen, younger folks are much less inclined to vote along party lines, and while the next few elections will still be dominated by boomers and their traditional habits, I think the traditional power-parties will become increasingly aware that they can't take voters (and a dedicated base) for granted.
David Raymond Amos
@Shane I noticed that as well
firsthand. I recall after one debate I had in 2004 in Fundy Royal. A
fellow Boomer who would not say one word about me in his local newsrag
that hardly anyone reads had to do something on behalf of his young
daughter. The young lady (I doubt she was over 20 years old at the time)
wanted to meet me and made her Father introduce us. I felt flattered
and let her know it because I was truly hoping her generation was paying
attention.
Meanwhile a buddy on mine was outside the hall having a smoke and heard a few elderly ladies who had been seated in the front row discuss the debate with the lawyer Rob Moore and the the other fella Harron and Hanratty. He told me one of ladies said as she was referring to me "You know if that thing was a Conservative i would vote for it" and the others agreed. I laughed and said no truer words were ever spoken about politicking in Fundy Royal.
Since that time as the old folks die off and the Boomers get old I noticed that the NDP are gaining ground in Fundy Royal. In 2011 the NDP got more votes than the Liberals . That is one of the many reasons why I was back on the ballot in there in 2014.
Just yesterday I got a package of butter tarts in the mail with a signed card thanking me for dealing with and publishing on the Internet the ridiculous emails from Dominic Cardy the former NDP boss who is now the Conservative leader's chief of staff
Meanwhile a buddy on mine was outside the hall having a smoke and heard a few elderly ladies who had been seated in the front row discuss the debate with the lawyer Rob Moore and the the other fella Harron and Hanratty. He told me one of ladies said as she was referring to me "You know if that thing was a Conservative i would vote for it" and the others agreed. I laughed and said no truer words were ever spoken about politicking in Fundy Royal.
Since that time as the old folks die off and the Boomers get old I noticed that the NDP are gaining ground in Fundy Royal. In 2011 the NDP got more votes than the Liberals . That is one of the many reasons why I was back on the ballot in there in 2014.
Just yesterday I got a package of butter tarts in the mail with a signed card thanking me for dealing with and publishing on the Internet the ridiculous emails from Dominic Cardy the former NDP boss who is now the Conservative leader's chief of staff
Stephen O'Leary
Lizzy keep your mouth closed when you've been drinking
David Raymond Amos
@Stephen O'Leary IMethinks we
should buy Dizzy Lizzy more of the demon liquor in order to know more
truths about what is really bouncing between her ears
Harry Flemming
PEI shouldn't be a province . Too small and no money .
David Raymond Amos
@Harry Flemming Where did the fancy Dudes meet and discuss the creation of Canada?
David Raymond Amos
@Harry Flemming Where did all
the Fancy dudes meet again over a hundred years later when the beloved
Charter of Trudeau "The Elder" failed to meet the muster of all who
attended?
Shane MacDonald
Stephen O'Leary
Shane MacDonald
The only thing that I think
misses the mark on this article is the idea that the Greens need to
underemphasize their environmental to be successful. PEI Greens are
popular because of their environmental positions - not despite them.
David Raymond Amos
@Shane MacDonald Methinks the
Greens won merely because the liberals and the conservatives are not
fooling as many folks as they used to.
Stephen O'Leary
Did Lizzy May renounce her American citizenship
Stephen O'Leary
@Laurie Clark
Silly Quebec is not a country
Silly Quebec is not a country
David Raymond Amos
@Stephen O'Leary You should have told Harper and the folks in Quebec that 11 lvery ong years ago
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/house-passes-motion-recognizing-quebecois-as-nation-1.574359
House passes motion recognizing Quebecois as nation
CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2006 7:49 AM E
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/house-passes-motion-recognizing-quebecois-as-nation-1.574359
House passes motion recognizing Quebecois as nation
CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2006 7:49 AM E
Stephen O'Leary
Sorry open for hours and only 80 posts. Kind of sums up the relevance of the Green Party
No one cares
No one cares
David Raymond Amos
@Stephen O'Leary Best that you check your tally again
Jack Richards
Jack Richards
Here is a true Liberal, NDP and Green party song.
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards I posted a
better song to a earlier comment of yours but CBC blocked it for some
strange reason I will never understand.
It was the lyrics to the Beatles old song Taxman How on Gods' Green Earth could that be offensive?
It was the lyrics to the Beatles old song Taxman How on Gods' Green Earth could that be offensive?
Tim Zarantz
Green choices are easy...
So long as you don't need to work, eat, go anywhere, or have a home.
So long as you don't need to work, eat, go anywhere, or have a home.
Michael Murphy
@Tim Zarantz I agree
Green party is simply a Conservative party with an environmental conscience
Green party is simply a Conservative party with an environmental conscience
David Raymond Amos
@Michael Murphy For once you and I agree Amazing things never cease N'esy Pas?
fred smith
Green on the outside but red on the inside
David Raymond Amos
@fred smith Methinks the liner of Dizzy Lizzy"s Green coat is blue
Spencer McDougall
Spencer McDougall
Elizabeth May gets a lot of attention for someone who sits in the back corner of the back row. Irrelevant.
Stephen O'Leary
@Spencer McDougall greens are not actually an official party
David Raymond Amos
@Stephen O'Leary Yes they are as far a Election Canada is concerned but like the Bloc they are not within the House.
Gord Hasay
The telling thing is that Ms.
May could not get elected in her home riding and had to go 'seat
shopping' across the country until she finally found someone to vote for
her.
David Raymond Amos
@Gord Hasay In her defense
everybody knew Dizzy Lizzy had no hope of winning in MacKay's riding
even though the Liberals did not enter the race for her benefit. However
she did get herself in the news a lot and got a seat in the next
election and also won a second second election in which MacKay did not
bother to run in because the witing was on the wall for his party.
Methinks Dizzy Lizzy met with success much the chagrin of many liberals
and conservatives. She is also rather colourful character in the circus
called Parliament N'esy Pas?
Joe Rocket
So the Green are going to take over Canada... one island at a time.
David Raymond Amos
@Joe Rocket Ahh but they have no boat that will float in order to get enough of the Greens on the mainland
donna gregoire
....just got my latest
natural gas bill now that winter is here....digusting with the carbon
taxes and at least 6 other fees...good thing the actual cost of the gas
was cheap or i'd be shopping for an old coal furnace...
Rick Rheubottom
@donna gregoire
Above your pay grade I take it?
Above your pay grade I take it?
David Raymond Amos
@Rick Rheubottom Everybody is
above my pay grade through no fault of my own. However what does
anyone's money have to do with a public comment section about taxation
and the Greens in CBC?
Jack Richards
P.E.I has 4 senates seats at
100,000 people while Alberta has 6 senate seats at over 4 million
people. Something is very wrong with that. Ontario has 24 senate seats
at 14 million pop while Alberta has 6 senate seats at 4.5 million pop.
Alberta should at least have 10 senate seats according to Ontario. Why
does Nova Scotia have more senate seats then Manitoba, or Saskatchewan
or Alberta when they have a smaller population.
David Raymond Amos
@Ronald McCallum Who cares
the Chamber of sober second thought is irrelevant anyway. Everybody
knows it is filled with no elected political cronies who do nothing but
rubber stamp everything the Lower House wants.
Methinks they should do their job or be legislated out of office or be duly elected like the Harper dude from Alberta once wanted before he filled the Red Chamber with his pals such as Duffy one of those supposed Senators from PEI who does his bidding for buddies in Alberta.
Methinks they should do their job or be legislated out of office or be duly elected like the Harper dude from Alberta once wanted before he filled the Red Chamber with his pals such as Duffy one of those supposed Senators from PEI who does his bidding for buddies in Alberta.
Jack Richards
Carbon tax and cap n trade is
a scam and it does not work. Do something more constructive and
something physical to lower pollution instead of taking money from
people. Most people cannot afford carbon taxes or cannot afford an
electric vehicle or afford to re fit homes with better insulation or
change the heating system which cost something like 20K.
David Raymond Amos
@Jack Richards I agree
Tim Zarantz
Breakthrough? WHAT breakthrough?
Just a second, while I count the number of green MPs......
One.
You need 12 members to even be considered a political party. Right now there are 3 REAL parties in the HoC.
The green party is best ignored, along with their clown -er - I mean leader.
Just a second, while I count the number of green MPs......
One.
You need 12 members to even be considered a political party. Right now there are 3 REAL parties in the HoC.
The green party is best ignored, along with their clown -er - I mean leader.
David Raymond Amos
@Tim Zarantz Although I a far
from and fan of Dizzy Lizzy I have watched parliament enough to know
that she does work very hard to study the issues and the things she does
say into the public record are important.
However I just wish she were honest with me back in 2007 or at least ethical enough to tell the awful truth about the system she makes a fine living within. However I also know that she is just another lawyer playing the game in her personal pursuit of lucre Need I say i love watching the clowns perform at the circus and the rodeo?
Danny Tanker
"For its next breakthrough, the Green Party might want to go east"
They're welcome as far as I am concerned. I have no illusions they will form a government, but, where their strength lies is in their watch dog like ability to keep others at bay. Make reining governments toe the line more especially in important areas like the environment where much works needs to be done before it is gone past the point of no return.
They're welcome as far as I am concerned. I have no illusions they will form a government, but, where their strength lies is in their watch dog like ability to keep others at bay. Make reining governments toe the line more especially in important areas like the environment where much works needs to be done before it is gone past the point of no return.
David Raymond Amos
@Dwight Williams "politics SHOULD be about running the country in the best way possible."
However it don't work that way thanks to the Brotherhood of the Bar, Banksters and Beancounters of which Dizzy Lizzy is a card carrying member
However it don't work that way thanks to the Brotherhood of the Bar, Banksters and Beancounters of which Dizzy Lizzy is a card carrying member
Hubert Ling
Why is there HST on
electricity (which is mostly produced from green power sources), energy
efficient heat pumps, insulation, small energy efficient cars etc., and
huge government grants and incentives for our carbon polluting fossil
fuel industry?
David Raymond Amos
@Roger Wilson "Because it was never about the science - it is all about the money"
That simple fact ain't rocket science but our space cadets Mr Garneau and Madame Payette would never admit it. They are having too much fun at the circus and living high on the hog while getting more fat dumb and happy everyday riding on the gravy train financed by all the taxes they support and or create.
That simple fact ain't rocket science but our space cadets Mr Garneau and Madame Payette would never admit it. They are having too much fun at the circus and living high on the hog while getting more fat dumb and happy everyday riding on the gravy train financed by all the taxes they support and or create.
For its next breakthrough, the Green Party might want to go east
The Greens now have 6 provincial MLAs across the country — half of them in the Maritimes
By Éric Grenier, CBC News Posted: Nov 30, 2017 5:00 AM ETLast Updated: Nov 30, 2017 5:00 AM ET
After electing its first MP on Vancouver Island in 2011, this
week's provincial byelection upset in Prince Edward Island suggests the
Green Party might want to look east for its next major breakthrough.
The P.E.I. Greens secured their second seat in that province's legislature on Monday when Hannah Bell won a byelection vote in Charlottetown–Parkdale. It brought the number of Green MLAs throughout the country to six, adding to the one MLA the party has in New Brunswick and the three Green MLAs that hold the balance of power in British Columbia.
The elections of provincial party leaders David Coon in New Brunswick in 2014 and Peter Bevan-Baker in P.E.I. in 2015 indicated that the Greens had some potential in the Maritimes. But the federal Greens were unable to capitalize on these gains in the 2015 federal election, when once again only Green Leader Elizabeth May won her seat.
The party's share of the vote slipped to just 3.4 per cent, its worst result since before the party first ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 election.
But the addition of Bell to the party's roster of MLAs in the Maritimes — the Greens have very little support in Newfoundland and Labrador, and no active provincial party there — suggests the region might provide the party with an opportunity for another breakthrough in 2019.
P.E.I. has shown particular potential for the Greens since 2015. Bevan-Baker is the Island's most popular politician. The latest Corporate Research Associates poll indicates that 37 per cent of Islanders think he would be the best person to be premier — more than the 26 per cent who prefer the current occupant of that position, Liberal Premier Wade MacLauchlan.
Though the P.E.I. Greens have seen their popularity slip a little in
the polls recently, the party is still registering between 13 and 18 per
cent support, above its 10.8 per cent result in 2015.
Bevan-Baker has been able to tap into discontent with the duopoly in the province — only the Liberals and the Tories have ever governed P.E.I., and the NDP has only ever won one seat in general elections held since P.E.I. joined Confederation.
He has also exploited opposition to the government's reversal on electoral reform, after a provincial plebiscite found a majority in favour of a change to proportional representation, but with a level of turnout the Liberal government deemed too low.
With the federal Liberals having abandoned a campaign promise to implement electoral reform, this is a seam May could also try to mine.
But federal Liberal seats will be difficult to topple in P.E.I., even where Bevan-Baker and Bell have established a beachhead.
Liberal MP Wayne Easter placed 53 points ahead of the Green candidate in Malpeque in 2015. Even in the portion of the riding that overlaps with Bevan-Baker's district of Kellys Cross–Cumberland, the federal Greens took just 14 per cent of the vote only five months after Bevan-Baker got 55 per cent of it.
In Charlottetown, Liberal MP Sean Casey was 50.5 points ahead of the federal Green candidate in 2015. In Bell's portion of the riding, the Greens took just seven per cent of the vote.
So a good deal of work needs to be done before the Greens can imagine flipping these federal Liberal seats. There's a big gap between the 3,790 people who cast a ballot in the provincial electoral district of Kellys Cross–Cumberland and the 22,472 who voted in the riding of Malpeque.
Conversely, the federal Greens may have better odds in New Brunswick, where the provincial party is considerably weaker.
The federal Greens finished third in Fredericton in 2015, losing to the Liberals' Matt DeCourcey by a margin of 33 points. But in the portion of the riding that belongs to Coon's provincial district of Fredericton South, the Greens finished second with about 20 per cent of the vote — eight points above their performance in the federal riding as a whole.
In fact, outside of B.C. and a riding in Northern Ontario occupied by an MP who had crossed the floor from the NDP, Fredericton was the Greens' best result in the 2015 federal election.
But the provincial Greens are polling at only seven per cent in New Brunswick, matching their performance in the 2014 provincial election. And Coon's popularity in New Brunswick does not match that of Bevan-Baker in P.E.I. The federal party may get less of a boost from its provincial cousin in New Brunswick than in P.E.I.
The Greens are not yet in a strong position to win ridings like Fredericton, Malpeque and Charlottetown. The party's core strength remains in British Columbia, where the Greens are polling at 12.9 per cent in the CBC Poll Tracker. It is on Vancouver Island where the Greens' second federal seat is still most likely to be won.
But the next-best region of the country for the Greens is Atlantic Canada, where the party is polling at 7.4 per cent — well above its 3.5 per cent result in 2015.
The Greens need to increase that support to somewhere between nine and 11 per cent before a win in the Maritimes becomes more plausible. They will also need Liberal support to dip quite a bit below its current 51.9 per cent.
Nevertheless, the provincial Greens in New Brunswick and P.E.I. have
laid the groundwork for their federal cousins and have written the
playbook for victory: having a strong, respected candidate who can
present himself or herself as an alternative to old, traditional
politics without necessarily emphasizing an environmentalism that might
appeal in B.C. but not on the East Coast.
Every win at the federal and provincial level gives the Greens greater resources, more full-time staffers and a higher profile. It also gives them more people who have experience winning elections. With some luck, and a little help from their friends, the federal Greens might be able to add to that roster in the Maritimes in 2019.
The P.E.I. Greens secured their second seat in that province's legislature on Monday when Hannah Bell won a byelection vote in Charlottetown–Parkdale. It brought the number of Green MLAs throughout the country to six, adding to the one MLA the party has in New Brunswick and the three Green MLAs that hold the balance of power in British Columbia.
The elections of provincial party leaders David Coon in New Brunswick in 2014 and Peter Bevan-Baker in P.E.I. in 2015 indicated that the Greens had some potential in the Maritimes. But the federal Greens were unable to capitalize on these gains in the 2015 federal election, when once again only Green Leader Elizabeth May won her seat.
The party's share of the vote slipped to just 3.4 per cent, its worst result since before the party first ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 election.
But the addition of Bell to the party's roster of MLAs in the Maritimes — the Greens have very little support in Newfoundland and Labrador, and no active provincial party there — suggests the region might provide the party with an opportunity for another breakthrough in 2019.
P.E.I. has shown particular potential for the Greens since 2015. Bevan-Baker is the Island's most popular politician. The latest Corporate Research Associates poll indicates that 37 per cent of Islanders think he would be the best person to be premier — more than the 26 per cent who prefer the current occupant of that position, Liberal Premier Wade MacLauchlan.
Bevan-Baker has been able to tap into discontent with the duopoly in the province — only the Liberals and the Tories have ever governed P.E.I., and the NDP has only ever won one seat in general elections held since P.E.I. joined Confederation.
He has also exploited opposition to the government's reversal on electoral reform, after a provincial plebiscite found a majority in favour of a change to proportional representation, but with a level of turnout the Liberal government deemed too low.
With the federal Liberals having abandoned a campaign promise to implement electoral reform, this is a seam May could also try to mine.
Beachhead on Prince Edward Island
But federal Liberal seats will be difficult to topple in P.E.I., even where Bevan-Baker and Bell have established a beachhead.
Liberal MP Wayne Easter placed 53 points ahead of the Green candidate in Malpeque in 2015. Even in the portion of the riding that overlaps with Bevan-Baker's district of Kellys Cross–Cumberland, the federal Greens took just 14 per cent of the vote only five months after Bevan-Baker got 55 per cent of it.
In Charlottetown, Liberal MP Sean Casey was 50.5 points ahead of the federal Green candidate in 2015. In Bell's portion of the riding, the Greens took just seven per cent of the vote.
So a good deal of work needs to be done before the Greens can imagine flipping these federal Liberal seats. There's a big gap between the 3,790 people who cast a ballot in the provincial electoral district of Kellys Cross–Cumberland and the 22,472 who voted in the riding of Malpeque.
Green opportunity in Fredericton?
Conversely, the federal Greens may have better odds in New Brunswick, where the provincial party is considerably weaker.
The federal Greens finished third in Fredericton in 2015, losing to the Liberals' Matt DeCourcey by a margin of 33 points. But in the portion of the riding that belongs to Coon's provincial district of Fredericton South, the Greens finished second with about 20 per cent of the vote — eight points above their performance in the federal riding as a whole.
In fact, outside of B.C. and a riding in Northern Ontario occupied by an MP who had crossed the floor from the NDP, Fredericton was the Greens' best result in the 2015 federal election.
But the provincial Greens are polling at only seven per cent in New Brunswick, matching their performance in the 2014 provincial election. And Coon's popularity in New Brunswick does not match that of Bevan-Baker in P.E.I. The federal party may get less of a boost from its provincial cousin in New Brunswick than in P.E.I.
Still some work to do
The Greens are not yet in a strong position to win ridings like Fredericton, Malpeque and Charlottetown. The party's core strength remains in British Columbia, where the Greens are polling at 12.9 per cent in the CBC Poll Tracker. It is on Vancouver Island where the Greens' second federal seat is still most likely to be won.
But the next-best region of the country for the Greens is Atlantic Canada, where the party is polling at 7.4 per cent — well above its 3.5 per cent result in 2015.
The Greens need to increase that support to somewhere between nine and 11 per cent before a win in the Maritimes becomes more plausible. They will also need Liberal support to dip quite a bit below its current 51.9 per cent.
Every win at the federal and provincial level gives the Greens greater resources, more full-time staffers and a higher profile. It also gives them more people who have experience winning elections. With some luck, and a little help from their friends, the federal Greens might be able to add to that roster in the Maritimes in 2019.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-district-11-win-byelection-polls-polling-station-eastlink-centre-1.4421127
Green's Hannah Bell wins District 11 byelection by 157 votes
Bell will become one of only 6 Green MLAs in Canada
By Sara Fraser, CBC News
Posted: Nov 27, 2017 1:34 PM AT
Bell took 768 votes, Liberal Bob Doiron 611 votes, the PC's Melissa Hilton 586 votes and the NDP leader Mike Redmond 202, according to direct data from Elections P.E.I.
P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan conceded the win to the Greens, offering his congratulations to Bell. PC candidate Melissa Hilton, PC leader James Aylward and Liberal candidate Bob Doiron also wished Bell well.
Results are unofficial until verified by Elections P.E.I.
Elections P.E.I.'s website repeatedly crashed throughout the evening, likely due to overloading.
About 34 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots in the advance poll — 60.32 per cent of registered voters did so in total.
With the Green win, seats in the legislature stand like this.
- Liberal: 17
- Progressive Conservative: 8
- Green: 2
Meet the candidates for Charlottetown-Parkdale
CBC News asked each of the 4 candidates to tell us in one sentence why they should win
By Jesara Sinclair, CBC News
Posted: Nov 05, 2017 8:00 AM AT
The seat was left vacant when Doug Currie resigned unexpectedly in October. The byelection to replace him will be held Nov. 27.
The Green Party, Liberal Party, PC Party and NDP have all chosen the candidate they will put forward.
We asked each of them to tell voters in one sentence why voters should choose them. Here are their responses, listed alphabetically by last name.
Hannah Bell: Green Party
Hannah Bell is the Green Party's shadow finance critic. She is currently on a leave of absence as the executive director of the PEI Business Women's Association.
She has 30 years experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors in Canada and the U.K.
"As a resident of District 11 and a business woman who leads a non-profit organization, I have the experience and community knowledge to make sure the needs and issues of the residents — from small business to health care to affordable housing — are truly represented, and the freedom as a Green MLA to do so."
Bob Doiron: Liberal Party
Bob Doiron is currently on leave from his position as a Charlottetown city councillor for Ward 6 – Mount Edward in Charlottetown. He's been a member of the UPEI Security Police Department since 1987.
"As a lifelong resident of the community where I have raised my family, studied and worked, I want to work on the priorities that really matter to the residents of Charlottetown-Parkdale such as making sure our seniors have the supports they need, addressing the challenges of mental illness — particularly among our youth, supporting a modern Sherwood Elementary School, and creating job opportunities to keep young people home, by being a strong voice in government," he said.
Melissa Hilton: PC Party
Melissa Hilton is also on leave as a Charlottetown city councillor, for Ward 9 – Stonepark. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from UPEI, and works in her family-owned business."My years in municipal government have taught me the importance of having a strong local voice to get things done for people. District 11 needs a strong local voice in the legislature that isn't going to be another rubber stamp for Premier MacLauchlan and I want to be that voice for the people of Charlottetown-Parkdale," she said.
Mike Redmond: NDP
Mike Redmond is the leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island, a position he has held since 2012. He is a farmer and the owner of Sperenza-Vision Inspired Sport."I was born and raised in this district and I have worked tirelessly to provide the community, families and children a voice of compassion and love," he said.
Byelection to be held Nov. 27
The byelection will be held Nov. 27, with advance voting on Nov. 18, 20 and 24. Polling is at the Eastlink Centre at 46 Kensington Road.
Elligible voters can register online or by calling Elections P.E.I. at 1-888-234-8683.
So far, there will be at least one all-candidates' debate — organized by Young Voters of P.E.I. It will be held on Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Bar1911, 113 Longworth Avenue.
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> bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
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> McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
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> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:36 AM
> To: pr@potashcorp.com; Podwika@potashcorp.com;
> fosterd@bennettjones.ca; corporate.relations@
> lgold.blcanada@b-l.com; shawn. graham; David.ALWARD@gnb.ca;
> krisaustin; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca; cjcw@nbnet.nb.ca;
> tomp.young@atlanticradio.
> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca; atlbf@nb.aibn.com; akapoor@globeandmail.com;
> nmacadam@globeandmail.com; vepp@globeandmail.com;
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> Harris, Brendan; Dean.Buzza; Gilles. Blinn
> Cc: wcoady; michel.desneiges@sade-els.org; producers@stu.ca;
> WaterWarCrimes; Penny Bright; tony; Nasser, Jacques
> Subject: Fwd: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack
> of ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before
> you people buy much stock in their stock eh?
>
> With ANOTHER election in the near future I see no need to explain my
> issues again about theexploitation of our natural resources to a
> bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
> attache) especially our former Deputy Prime Minister Lanslide Annie
> McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
> did nothing let alone call me back just like you an your many
> conservative cohorts NEVER did EH Brucy Baby Northrup? (902 800 0369
> Notice my new contact number? You an the RCMP can forget Werner Bock's
> now)
>
> Clearly there is no need for politicians to try to be confidential
> with mean old me when the Globe and Mail loves spiling the beans
> sometimes ou woul think those unethical journlists woul know that
> simple truths spoken amongst common folk about corrupt politicians
> have a good habit of coming to the surface sooner or later anyway EH?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
>
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With ANOTHER election in the near future I see no need to explain my
issues again about theexploitation of our natural resources to a
bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
attache) especially our former Deputy Prime Minister Lanslide Annie
McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
did nothing let alone call me back just like you an your many
conservative cohorts NEVER did EH Brucy Baby Northrup? (902 800 0369
Notice my new contact number? You an the RCMP can forget Werner Bock's
now)
Clearly there is no need for politicians to try to be confidential
with mean old me when the Globe and Mail loves spiling the beans
sometimes ou woul think those unethical journlists woul know that
simple truths spoken amongst common folk about corrupt politicians
have a good habit of coming to the surface sooner or later anyway EH?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Subject: Attn Rob Moir I have read some of your work perhaps you
should read something from years ago
To: fundyroyalndp@gmail.com, Moore.R@parl.gc.ca,
jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, cjcw@nbnet.nb.ca,
tomp.young@atlanticradio.
Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, bbixby@burnslev.com,
david@lutz.nb.ca, drosenblatt@burnslev.com,
markwright4mp@politician.com
Cc: fosterd@bennettjones.ca, corporate.relations@
lgold.blcanada@b-l.com, fbinhct@leo.gov
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 9:46 PM
First things first meet Lenny Gold, Dougy Foster and Joey Podwika. You
can be certain that these wicked bastards know exactly who I am and
are no doubt quite nervous that the Feds have not figured out a way to
shut me up yet.
Everybody knows that far away corporate lawyers such as these three
stooges have been making the big score off us dumb Maritimers forever
and a day and have been laughing their nasty arses off at us all the
way to their buddies' bank. They appear to fear only one Maritimer and
that is yours truly. Ask them if I am liar or not as I speak of the
Bank Fraud Tax Fraud, Securities Fraud and Murders that you are afraid
to talk about. Shawn Graham should know everthing he partied hardy
with my G.A.L. Brian Bixby's Law firm in Beantown one year ago and I
effected an introduction with the lawyer Leonard Gold because that
very dumb Maritimer came to Beantown to talk to many evil Yankees ten
times more worldly wise than Shawny Baby ever could be.
Your laments Bobby Baby about lost water really rot my socks. You
should know I covered that base years ago and everybody just ran away
scared. Ask the Minister Larry Cannon why I laughed when he gave out a
little federal gold just before Bernie Lord had the writ dropped in
2006 in the provincial election. It was very telling thing just like
all the money being passed out right now.
I noticed that you and all you NDP pals ignored the fact that I ran in
that election as well as the Fed one and the one in Nova Scotia
earlier that year. Yea I saw you and Pat Hannratty ducking out the
back just as I walked in that night in January of 2006. Why you didn't
answer my friend Jack's letter either spoke to your personal integrity
EH? If Rob Moore or none of the Conservatives on the Hill faraway
won't talk to you just ask the lawyer Smith in Saint John the boss of
the NB Securities Commission if I didn't raise a little Hell while he
filled the other lawyer Nicholson's boots in PUB just long enough to
cram the pipeline through to the trunk while the election was on and I
was intervening in the pipeline matter in Saint John at the same time
and Norm Miller and his lawyer ignored my arguments but read my words
about it all on the web all the same.
Better yet why not have some fun and ask the very strange PCS dudes in
Sussex why they had my photo posted at the gate and the RCMP were to
be called if I made an appearance there while I was running against
your pal John Carty in Fat Fred City. Your clue to their malice is UBS
and another lawyer named Dave Aufhauser whom I have been battling with
for six long years. Do you even know who he is? Rest assured Lenny,
Dougy and Joey do.
Whereas you trust the words of the very malicious CBC or the Irvings
and not mine read what the CBC were saying one year ago. Then read
what the local Irving rag wrote about me four god damned years ago.
For the record Bobby Baby I still remember you commenting on the
trouble I was having with the Feds so that my minor son could return
to the USA to comfort his mother and how little milk of human kindness
you have had in your greedy little PHD soul ever since. Can ya tell I
don't like you not even a little bit?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-
Read on Teacher pay particular attention to my words about oil and
gas.and crossborder public corruption. For the record I have always
considered the water in Penobsquis a federal matter concerning the NEB
and if they ignore me then maybe i would take it up in the Federal
Court. It won't go anywhere though if Maritimers don't finally wise up
start listening to me.
FYI I have started to upload some of my ducument for the public to
view. They can be found here and there will be a great deal more to
follow as my time allows.
http://www.scribd.com/people/
This Maritimer Danny Boy Fitzgeral who is studying for his PHD in
Holland made several interesting blogs about me as he attacked my
integrity. In the end methinks I may have turned him my way and in
return I left his school out of my battles.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
Perhaps you should study them sometime EH Teacher? You should take
careful notice that college degrees mean less than nothing to me. Just
like any true Maritimer it is fighters, foresters, farmers and
fishermen I admire not rich snots that do not understand the meaning
of hard work. That said it does appear that Danny Boy does work very
hard on his blog. I do know how long such things take and his blog is
a fine and as fancy as anyones and constantly updated. I particularly
apprciate the fact he leaves his comments open without moderation.
Also for the record I signed your Fake Left friends' petition.
Penobsquis Deserves Safe Water
98 Fran Oliver There is no excuse for this situation. A responsible
provincial government and a responsible corporation would never allow
local families to bear the financial and social burden, likely
resulting from a provincial mining operation, while government and
corporation choke on huge profits.
99 David Raymond Amos Ask Garth Moore why my picture is posted at the
gate while I ran for Parliament will ya?
My friends tell me tha the Photo the PCS dudes had posted as some sort
of criminal the RCMP were watching out for was clipped from the pages
of the Kings County Record that contained the following articles.
The following email and two deleted blogs can be found within one
pigheaded Maritimer's blog about government injustice. After the
Irvings had his pal's Chucky Leblanc' former blog wiped out I had to
tease and torture him into doing the right thing and allowing just one
of my comments to stand. Some much for Freedom on Speech on the
Internet when even Maritime bloggers are unethical EH teacher?
For the record only the Gypsy and Danny Boy fitzgerald have allowed
all of my comments to stand the test of time and ethics. Thus far so I
must give credit where credit is due. Your chosen profession such as
it is should at least understand that EH Mr. Moir?
Here is my last post in the blogs tonight. Obviously I do not pretend
to be somebody I am not. N'est Pas?
http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
The following email can be found here
http://govinjustice.blogspot.
---- Original Message -----
From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
To: lcampenella@ledger.com
Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: David Amos
Hello Lisa,
David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he became
an independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
federal
election that was held June 28. He was a candidate in our constituency of
Fundy (now called Fundy-Royal).
I wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
story appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
by one of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
the candidates' debate held June 18.
As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
The winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
taken by reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
that ran, but this one is very similar.
A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate 2.JPG
Gisele McKnight editor
Kings County Record
Sussex, New Brunswick
Canada
506-433-1070
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers' party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You're out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn't Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who'd lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It's alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn't appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I'm not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won't take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It's
not about money. It goes against what I'm fighting about."
What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don't necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you're going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, 'what the hell.'"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:38:35 -0300
Subject: Fwd: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack
of ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before
you people buy much stock in their stock eh?
To: henrybanta <henrybanta@aol.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:47:02 -0300
Subject: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack of
ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before you
people buy much stock in their stock eh?
To: Scott.Espenshade@bhpbilliton.
http://www.theglobeandmail.
http://beta.images.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:47:02 -0300
Subject: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack of
ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before you
people buy much stock in their stock eh?
To: Scott.Espenshade@bhpbilliton.
http://www.theglobeandmail.
http://beta.images.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "STAINTON-JAMES, Angela" <STAINTONJAMESA@parliament.uk>
> > To: "'David Amos'" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 5:50 AM
> > Subject: RE: So what is the Conservative MP Hugh Robertson gonna do
> > about people in his riding torturing people on the Internet? In Canada
> > such slander is a crime EH Vic Toews?
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear David
> >
> > Thank you for your e-mail addressed to Hugh Robertson. Your e-mail
> > has come through to Hugh's constituency office when, clearly, you need
> > his Department. Sadly, I do not have an e-mail address for him but
> > the telephone number of the Department of Media Culture and Sport is
> > 020 7211 6200 and they should be able to provide you with the
> > necessary information.
> >
> > Thank you for writing to Hugh and if you have any problem at all
> > please do not hesitate to come back to me.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Angela Stainton-James
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
> > Sent: 29 May 2010 23:24
> > To: STAINTON-JAMES, Angela; toewsv1
> > Cc: RHar100@aol.com; Gilles. Blinn; gilles.moreau; roger. gillies;
> > rogerduguay21
> > Subject: So what is the Conservative MP Hugh Robertson gonna do about
> > people in his riding torturing people on the Internet? In Canada such
> > slander is a crime EH Vic Toews?
> >
> > Need I say that "Satan's Crack Dealer" and his many evil little fans
> > atacked the wrong pissed of Maritimer in Youtube? Scroll down read
> > real slow and then call your lawyer or the cops Mr Roberson
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/group.
> > Richard Coughlan
> > Faversham, United Kingdom
> > email RHar100@aol.com
> > Website:http://youtube.com/
> > Phone 07935333407
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 15:46:20 -0300
> > Subject: Mr. Finkelstein I just discovered you and your concerns today
> > perhaps we should have a long talk ASAP? i an be reached at 506 485
> > 2578 for a couple of days
> > To: normfinkelstein@gmail.com
> >
> > Need I say that I am hounoured that this evil person hates me/
> >
> > http://baconfat53.blogspot.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 14:23:46 -0300
> > Subject: Lets see if the Russians will understand Fwd: We just talked
> > this what I was trying to relate to the President of Mexico while he
> > was in Canada
> > To: info@rusembassy.ca
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 14:19:51 -0300
> > Subject: We just talked this what I was trying to relate to the
> > President of Mexico while he was in Canada
> > To: atperez_lee <atperez_lee@yahoo.com.mx>
> >
> > The easiest way to check something about my concerns quickly is to go
> > to the US Senate Banking Committee hearing on November 18th and 20th
> > 2003 and notice the webcasts and transcripts of a very important
> > hearing about the financial industry are missing. Please notice the
> > crook Eliot Spitzer testified on the 20th
> >
> > http://banking.senate.gov/
> >
> >
> > http://banking.senate.gov/
> >
> > http://banking.senate.gov/
> >
> > Now look for Spitzer's answer to me on page 13 of this pdf file
> >
> > http://www.scribd.com/doc/
> >
> > The easy answer to your next question is YES I am the the guy nobody
> > will talk about. so perhaps you should for the benefit of your
> > concerns and pocketbook. (Google D...
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'I've had a good run': Doug Currie resigning from politics
'I’ve had a wonderful career in politics'
By Kevin Yarr, CBC News
Posted: Oct 19, 2017 11:42 AM AT
His resignation, effective Thursday, was announced in a news release Thursday morning.
Currie has served in numerous portfolios, including health, social services, attorney general, and justice. He was elected in district 11, Charlottetown-Parkdale.
"I think it's time, I've had a good run," Currie told CBC.
"My decision really is about what's in the best for Doug Currie and my two girls — I don't think there's any perfect time to leave public office, but I feel excited about leaving. I feel excited about what I've accomplished."
What's next?
Currie said he knew he wasn't going to be running in the next election, so his move to resign now was done to be "respectful and fair" to the premier and the liberal party."I've had a wonderful career in politics, I've been able to be a part of portfolios that were in significant transformation — which I enjoy doing," he said.
Though what he's most excited for now is taking a vacation.
"They'll make decisions on what direction they go in respect to my replacement and I wish them all the best."
The premier's office said a by-election to replace Currie will be called within six months.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Alan McIsaac will take on education, early learning and culture in the interim following Currie's departure.
Response from Home and Schools, Opposition
"He was always very supportive of the [P.E.I. Home and School Federation], always came to our AGM, we'll miss him and we want to thank him for all he's done," said Cory Thomas, vice president of the P.E.I. Home and School Federation.
Thomas hopes the province, and Currie's successor, will continue to consult with parents, teachers and administrators regarding the school review process.
The Conservative caucus, on behalf of MLA Jamie Fox, thanked Currie for his service but brought attention to the "abrupt departure" of the senior minister.
Perennial cabinet minister
Currie was first elected to the legislature on May 28, 2007, an election which saw the Liberals, under leader Robert Ghiz, return to power for the first time in 11 years.
Currie became Ghiz's health minister and remained in the cabinet throughout his time in the legislature.
As health minister, Currie created Health PEI, separating the administration of the province's health-care system from the Department of Health, and dealt with the contentious issue of abortions on the Island.