Tuesday 8 October 2019

Former MPs Rob Moore, Rodney Weston and John Williamson hope to flip 3 southern New Brunswick ridings

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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 09:26:08 -0300
Subject: Methinks it was interesting that CBC shut down the comment section about
Moore, Williamson and Weston just before our debate lastnight but Rogers TV
recorded it N'esy Pas?
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019

Former MPs Rob Moore, Rodney Weston and John Williamson hope to flip 3
southern New Brunswick ridings



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Replying to   @FloryGoncalves and 49 others
Methinks it was interesting that CBC shut down the comment section about Moore, Williamson and Weston just before our debate last night but Rogers TV recorded it N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/10/former-mps-rob-moore-rodney-weston-and.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-federal-election-former-conservative-mps-1.5312202







Replying to   @FloryGoncalves and 49 others
The 3 stooges will get their seats back in the circus However we should be in fear that Trudeau The Younger wins a majority mandate as ringmaster with Maritime buddies such as McClellan McKenna, Butts and Leblanc as the main puppeteers





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-federal-election-former-conservative-mps-1.5312202






Replying to   @FloryGoncalves and 49 others
These are some of the documents I served on the lawyer Rob Moore before I debated him on in June of 2004 


https://www.scribd.com/doc/265620671/Cross-Border-Txt





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-federal-election-former-conservative-mps-1.5312202




Ousted by Liberal wave in 2015, trio of Conservatives try to retake seats

Former MPs Rob Moore, Rodney Weston and John Williamson hope to flip 3 southern New Brunswick ridings



Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Oct 08, 2019 5:00 AM AT





From left, Conservative candidates Rodney Weston, Rob Moore and John Williamson are hoping to retake the federal seats they held prior to the Liberal wave in New Brunswick four years ago. (CBC)

Rob Moore remembers how it slowly crept up on him: the realization that the 2015 election was going to be far more challenging than he expected.

Moore went into that campaign as the favourite. He was first elected a Conservative MP in 2004 and won the riding of Fundy, later Fundy Royal, three more times.

But "we could sense that it was going to be tighter and tighter as the campaign went on," Moore recalled.


"It certainly didn't start off close, but by the end of it

, we recognized that it was going to be very close."

It was, but not in Moore's favour. He lost to Liberal Alaina Lockhart by 1,775 votes. A Liberal wave crashed into normally safe Conservative ridings, helping Justin Trudeau win all 10 of New Brunswick's federal seats.

Four years later, Moore and two other former Conservative MPs defeated in 2015 are hoping the Liberal tide is going back out in these three ridings along the Bay of Fundy.


Moore, the Conservative candidate in Fundy Royal, says he's focused more on the party's agenda than on leaders past or present. (CBC)

Moore, Rodney Weston and John Williamson are back on the ballot. All three say Trudeau has not delivered the change voters wanted.

"People feel now they were sold a bill of goods," Moore said. "By most measures, Justin Trudeau and his government and the MPs in the region have been a disappointment."

Liberals say Tories 'not evolving'


For Liberals, the attempted triple comeback is an opportunity to portray Conservatives as backward-looking.


"It speaks volumes to how the Conservative Party of Canada is not changing, is not evolving, is not embracing new thoughts, new people and new ideas," said Saint John-Rothesay Liberal candidate Wayne Long.

"I constantly hear it at the doors: 'Are you telling me that after four years, after each of them losing, that they haven't moved on?'"


Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long, pictured here with fellow Liberal Karen Ludwig, running in New Brunswick Southwest, says the return of the former Conservative MPs shows the party isn't 'evolving.'

The 2015 Liberal wave was driven by a surge of support for Trudeau.

"Definitely I was helped by the national trend," said New Brunswick Southwest candidate Karen Ludwig.
 
There was also fatigue with Stephen Harper, who had been Conservative prime minister for almost a decade.

"I would hear, 'I like you, but,' and you knew what was coming," said Weston, the Saint John-Rothesay Conservative candidate. "It's not uncommon to have that after a government's been in office and a prime minister's been in office after 10 years."

Political scientist J.P. Lewis of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John said the Conservative vote was down in 2015, but the Liberal wins were also driven by increased voter turnout.

This time, the results in the three ridings will hinge on "how much Trudeau has become a drag on the vote," he said.

History and current dynamics would appear to favour a return to Conservative voting traditions.

Comparing records


Williamson, the third member of the Conservative comeback crew, said he's running on "a voting record that reflects the values and priorities of constituents in New Brunswick Southwest."

That includes criticism of Ludwig for voting for the Trudeau government's Bill C-71, which toughened background checks on gun owners. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has promised to repeal it.
 


Williamson, the Conservative candidate in New Brunswick Southwest, is critical of Ludwig for supporting tougher background checks for gun owners. (CBC)

Ludwig said that she's happy to compare her record to Williamson's and that she listened to voters, particularly women, who were worried about guns. She "erred on the side of public safety" by supporting the bill.

While Saint John-Rothesay is more of a swing riding, the provincial Progressive Conservatives nearly swept the area last fall, in part thanks to the perception that the proposed Energy East pipeline was cancelled due to Liberal policies.

But the three Liberal incumbents in the three ridings say Conservative comebacks are not a sure thing.

"I very rarely talk to someone who says, 'We should go backwards,'" Lockhart said as she knocked on doors in Quispamsis.

She said suburban bedroom communities at both ends of Fundy Royal have plenty of voters with ideas "quite different than some of the Conservative ideology."

"I know what the past has said about this riding, but in 2015 we showed there was a strong progressive voice here and that's what we're hearing at the doors."

'He's not my kind of guy'


Even so, fatigue with Trudeau could be as big a problem for her as Harper fatigue was for Moore.

"I'm not happy with the way the leader operates," one resident told Lockhart on his doorstep. "He's not my kind of guy."

That may explain why Lockhart puts more emphasis on Liberal policies, such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit, and on her own record.

"People really took a chance on me as a representative, and I've really focused in the last four years on being in the communities and being accessible and being a partner," she said.

"I'd rather focus on the work I've done, what I've accomplished in this election."


Weston is challenging Long in Saint John-Rothesay after losing his seat in 2015. (CBC)

Long is even more explicit, saying voters like his accessibility and transparency but tell him they're "disappointed" with his leader.

He said he responds by asking them if they want Conservative Leader Scheer as prime minister — they usually say no, he claimed — and by emphasizing his own record of bucking the Liberal Party line.

In 2017, Long broke ranks and voted with Conservative MPs trying to extend consultations on a controversial proposed small-business tax increase.

He also called for an independent investigation into the SNC Lavalin controversy and opposed ejecting MPs Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus.

"I don't apologize for being an independently minded Liberal," Long said. "I think finally this riding can get behind a candidate that has their back here, has their back against industry, has their back against the party if need be. Candidates should be riding first."
Not surprisingly, his Conservative opponent, Weston, is telling voters not to buy it.

"People understand that a vote for him is a vote for Justin Trudeau," Weston said. "People understand that very clearly."

Ludwig also acknowledged hearing concerns about Trudeau on doorsteps, though she said some of it is based on misinformation.

"The name on the ballot is a local candidate," she said.

With both Harper and Trudeau representing potential baggage, the candidates prefer to spar about "deliverables" — what they did for their ridings while in power — and policy.

Moore laments that the Liberals eliminated Conservative-created children`s sports and arts tax credits, which Scheer is promising to bring back.
 

Liberal Alaina Lockhart flipped the riding long held by Moore in 2015. (CBC)

Lockhart said those "boutique" credits only benefit "those who can afford to spend in the first place," while Liberal tax cuts benefited the middle close more broadly.

Both seem anxious to avoid a lengthy discussion of their own leaders.

"What we're talking about is not Trudeau years or Harper years," Moore said. "We're moving forward. We've got a forward-looking agenda."

"I'm more focused in this election on talking about our plan for the future," Lockhart said.

Despite that rhetoric, the three races here may be determined by which past — a decade of Harper or four years of Trudeau — voters are more anxious to discard.




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66 Comments  
CBC deleted a pile of comments then shut this one down early just before the debate started in Sussex this evening
Commenting is now closed for this story.







David Raymond Amos
Methinks some folks understand why I am laughing as I watch things go "Poof" at the circus N'esy Pas?















Jason Inness
Harper's retreads. These guys got their nominations because the central party locked up nominations a couple years ago. They have been retired by the people (some more than once), and maybe it is time for them to move on.


David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @Jason Inness: Methinks I should lay odds that the 3 stooges will get their seats back in the circus However we should all be very afraid that Trudeau The Younger win a majority mandate as ringmaster with Maritime buddies such as McLellan, McKenna, Butts and Leblanc as the main puppeteers N'esy Pas?


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise















David Raymond Amos
Methinks some folks in Sussex may enjoy my debate with Rob Moore tonight N'esy Pas? For some strange reason it was the only one I was invited to but now I've told that I am welcome to another in Alma area on the 12th which is the first time ever. So stay tuned


Al Clark 
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: I might go see that. When/where?



David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Al Clark: Lions Den Sussex tonight at 6 i have to appear it starts at 7 I beleive 


David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @Al Clark: These are some of the documents I served on the lawyer Rob Moore before I debated him on in June of 2004

https://www.scribd.com/doc/265620671/Cross-Border-Txt


David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise

















 


 
Matt Steele
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None of the candidates mentioned are anything to brag about as they all seem to be looking to fill their pockets , and can't be trusted . Just some more pigs at the trough . As far as party leaders , Scheer seems to be the most stable and realistic . Trudeau lies non stop ; and the Greens and NDP seem to be anti industry/jobs , and want wild out of control spending .

Terry Tibbs
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Reply to @Matt Steele:
Well Matt, whoever we elect one can only hope for a minority government, the last time we gave the keys to the car to a Liberal, or CONServative, they wrecked it.


David Peters 
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Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
No, it's the far left parties that have a history of wrecking the economy and fostering corruption.

The Conservative party just seems to hold the course, and are more stable...and they don't meddle with the bureaucracy as much.

...but, I bet the Conservative plan to cut foreign aid resonates with Canadians
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Kyle Woodman 
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Reply to @David Peters: Are you kidding buddy. All conservatives do is meddle in the civil service. Case in point the Blaine Higgs Conservative party. Conservatives run by fiat with no consultation or memory of history.


Terry Tibbs
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Reply to @David Peters:
I'd like to agree with you, but I can't, I hold by my earlier statement that they are both tarred with the same brush, the methods might be different, but the results are the same.


David Peters 
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Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
Can you provide some examples of Conservatives or or PC's meddling with the bureaucracy?...like Trudeau meddling with the national justice system in the JWR fiasco?...or, writing laws and hiding them in omnibus bills to protect your financial supporters from prosecution for bribery like the liberal SNC Lavalin scandal?


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: Well i guess this would be the most egregious example. So egregious that the federal scientists had it written into their new contract that they couldn't be muzzled. They wanted to finish a deal with the Trudeau government because they were weary of what would happen if the Cons got back in power. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/canadian-scientists-open-about-how-their-government-silenced-science-180961942/


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/federal-government-scientists-media-contract-agreement-1.5182139


David Peters  
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Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
That's all you have? An example of liberals meddling with bureaucracy?

Imo, when scientists work for gov't, their work is more about politics than it is about the scientific method. They get used to push propaganda.


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-government-directive-went-to-civil-servants-1.1042268


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/10/01/news/public-service-unions-fear-another-harper-regime


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/16/stephen-harpers-war-on-experts.html


Kyle Woodman
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Reply to @David Peters: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/civil-servant-suspended-over-harperman-song-retires-1.2591990


David Peters
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Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
What you are referring to is the war that public unions have been waging against taxpayer defending Conservatives.


Kyle Woodman 
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Reply to @David Peters: Sorry David, I am able to think critically. You will not convince me of anything. You are a conservative shill after all.



David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @Kyle Woodman: Deja Vu anyone?

Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 Rogers TV
7,280 views
•Oct 1, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE


Kyle Woodman 
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Reply to @David Peters: I for one don't think that the truth, particularly scientific facts, are a matter of political opinion. The truth is not partisan.


David Peters  
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Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
Nice platitude...but science is about repeatable evidence, not political propaganda.


Kyle Woodman 
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Reply to @David Peters: The first thing we agree on. Conservatives muzzle scientists when the facts don't align with their political propaganda. For example this whole concept of selling / extracting MORE fossil fuels for China to have clean energy is completely bogus. You don't solve climate change by burning more fossil fuels. The bridge fuel notion is complete hogwash made up by the oil industry to sell more fossil fuels. 
















Kyle Woodman
Does no one remember Williamson's rhetoric about Indigenous people and immigrants. Might want to search for some of his beliefs about people that don't look like him.

David Peters
Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
What, exactly, are you talking about...or, are you simply casting aspersions, in a partisan way?


Kyle Woodman
No it's completely true.
https://pressprogress.ca/_whities_and_brown_people_conservative_mp_has_a_history_of_using_racially_divisive_rhetoric/


Kyle Woodman
Reply to @David Peters: I'm not going to do the research for you but it isn't hard to find. Google John Williamson 2015 controversy.


David Peters
Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
Take each instance you are referring to and it's obvious that whoever created that link is grasping at straws to form a false narrative. Williamson is, in each instance, talking about difficult, financial situations that are race related. These are things are very difficult to talk about, imo on purpose, bc they involve gov't policy which is based on race.

Good for Williamson for standing up for taxpayer's and taking on important issues in his constituency, like the TFW program and the long gun registry.  


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: I do and no doubt the ghost of my friend David Woodman does too.


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: Methinks some folks may enjoy googling my name and that of John Williamson or Rob Moore or Rodney Weston Then to be fair they should do the same with the three Liberal incumbents N'esy Pas?


David Peters 
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Why are you spamming this thread?


David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @David Peters: 2 Comments directed at Mr Woodman is NOT spamming Methinks you want everyone to ignore the fact I am the guy running against your buddy Rob Moore AGAIN N'esy Pas? 


David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise














Anne Bérubé
New Brunswick will not move 'forward' with the liberals, you have tried for 4 years and it has not worked. Change course.


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @Anne Bérubé: Yea Right and Harper 2.0 is no doubt your pick of the litter Correct?














Al Clark
LOL Moore's resume reads a LOT like his boss'. Graduated from bible U, went to "work" for the Reform party, never left....


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @Al Clark: Methinks he is your kind of guy N'esy Pas?


Al Clark 
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Davey, I was disappointed that I only learned who you were after i cast my ballot a few years ago. This time, like last, I need to hold my nose and try to drive that final stake in Steve and preston, sorry 


Anne Bérubé
Reply to @Al Clark: And who are Steve and Preston??? 


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @Anne Bérubé: Harper and Manning of course  


Al Clark
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Yes, the undead..... 















David Raymond Amos
 Methinks everybody knows there is a loose cannon on deck that all the political scientists and their many cohorts are trying hard to ignore. Anyone can Google "Fundy Royal Debate" to see yours truly deal with J.P. Lewis et al N'esy Pas?

"Political scientist J.P. Lewis of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John said the Conservative vote was down in 2015, but the Liberal wins were also driven by increased voter turnout.

This time, the results in the three ridings will hinge on "how much Trudeau has become a drag on the vote," he said.

History and current dynamics would appear to favour a return to Conservative voting traditions."
 

Dan Armitage
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: another vote out maybe some day we can vote for someone we really want to vote for


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Dan Armitage: Well???


















John Valcourt
Hey Ms. Lockhart, your so-called middle class tax cuts have cut my spending power tremendously. What I could afford two years ago isn't even an option today. We can't afford the liberals or their so call tax cuts.


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @John Valcourt: Perhaps you should come to the debate tonight and ask her such questions in person
















Terry Tibbs
WELL!!!!!!!!! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that they, the red and the blue, are ALL tarred with the same brush.It's time to try something different.
Nice plug for the Liberal Party CBC.


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Why do ya think I am running against Rob Moore et al again? 




















David Peters 
Scheer definitely won that debate last night. No wonder Trudeau doesn't show up to debates...he was terrible.


Matt Steele 
Reply to @David Peters: ....Trudeau is a drama teacher , and everything he does is an act . People are catching on that Trudeau can't be trusted as he lies about everything 


David Peters 
Reply to @Matt Steele:
There were many highlights for Scheer, but one was where he exposed Maxim Bernier as being involved in handing out corporate welfare...basically exposing him as a liberal pretending to be libertarian.


Kyle Woodman 
Reply to @David Peters: no he didn't



David Raymond Amos 
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Reply to @David Peters: What planet are you from?


David Peters 
Reply to @Kyle Woodman:
Did you watch the debate? Bernier was totally exposed as a liberal plant, imo.


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @David Peters: Too Too Funny 


Al Clark
Reply to @David Peters: No, not a plant but every single vote he pulls helps the liberals ;-)
















 
Richard Tingley
Wayne Long was sent to Ottawa as " our employee". Every employer ( taxpayers) should be so fortunate to have such a hard working employee. He has earned his pay and IMO earned 4 more years.


Matt Steele 
Reply to @Richard Tingley: ....Yes , Wayne Long works really hard all right , works hard at filling his own pockets that is .


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Richard Tingley: Surely you jest 













 
Gary MacKay
IMO it is an absolute mistake to have Mr. Williamson representing any party. His past record and actions or lack there of should have given the party the good sense to choose someone else. I am very disappointed that the Conservatives did not bring in fresh faces to give the voters reasoned choices. Pete and Repeat don't cut it IMO.

Matt Steele
Reply to @Gary MacKay: ....and Karen Ludwig is quite a winner all right . She lied non stop to firearm owners ; and Trudeau is now looking to seize thousands of firearms from lawful and licensed Canadian gun owners . Yet Trudeau turns a blind eye to out of control gang violence , and blames licensed sport shooters and hunters for gun violence . By the time Ludwig and Trudeau is done , every firearm in Canada will be seized .


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Cry me a river after ignoring me since 2004 













 
Lewis Taylor
I guess they couldn't find another job...says a lot.

Pete Prosser
Reply to @Lewis Taylor: Rob Moore went to work at Cooke Aquaculture. Aren't they a shining example in the news this morning!



David Raymond Amos
Reply to @pete prosser: The liberal Prez works there too Go Figure 
 
Lewis Taylor
Reply to @pete prosser:
Cooke planting seeds for the future. 




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/unb-saint-john-debate-election-climate-1.5305858



UNB Saint John to host all-candidates debate about climate change

Debate Thursday at 5 p.m. is part of GreenPAC's 100 Debates on the Environment being held across the country



CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2019 2:09 PM AT

 


The University of New Brunswick in Saint John is inviting members of the public to attend a debate being held on campus Thursday evening to hear Saint John-Rothesay candidates talk about their views on the environment. (Joseph Tunney/CBC)


The University of New Brunswick in Saint John will host a public all-candidates debate Thursday night focused on climate change.

It will be one of more than 100 such debates being held across the country in partnership with GreenPAC, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that wants federal candidates who will be "environmental leaders" elected on Oct. 21.

UNB nursing student Ashley Cook, a member of the students' representative council and a board director for the New Brunswick Student Alliance, helped organize the 100 Debates on the Environment event for the Saint John-Rothesay riding.

"I just think it's a really important issue that we should be focusing on for this election," said Cook, pointing to recent events in the province, such as spring flooding and climate change protests.

"We should be working together to better protect our communities and our businesses and the people within our communities."
The goal of 100 Debates on the Environment is to create a forum where voters can hear directly from local candidates about their visions for the environment, according to GreenPAC's website.

The debates will "demonstrate the strong public support that exists for environmental leadership, and enable the best policy ideas to come forward to compete for that support," it states.

They will also "create accountability for elected leaders and spur meaningful government action towards a sustainable future."

Good turnout expected


Cook expects the UNB debate, being held on campus in the Whitebone Lounge from 5 to 7 p.m., to be "really packed."

"I've had a lot of members of the community say they will be attending, as well as a lot of students," she said.

Wayne Long of the Liberal Party, Ann McAllister of the Green Party, Armand Cormier of the New Democrat Party, Adam Salesse of the People's Party, and independent candidates Stuart Jamieson and Neville Barnett are scheduled to participate.

Conservative Party candidate Rodney Weston said he was unable to attend, said Cook.


J.P. Lewis, a political science professor at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, will be the moderator of the debate on campus. (Graham Thompson/CBC)


The debate will focus on four key questions provided by GreenPAC, dealing with issues such as air pollution, water and housing, she said.

UNB political science Prof. J.P. Lewis will serve as moderator.

Many UNB students are keenly interested in the environment and sustainability, said Cook, noting there is a student-led environmental organization on campus.

The Green Society operates a recycling program, maintains the Tucker Park walking trails, organizes outdoor activities and promotes awareness about environmental problems and solutions.

There is a push to eliminate the use of plastics on campus, and UNB also has a community garden, she said.

Cook hopes a lot of students will get out to vote so their voices are heard. UNB has partnered with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations on the Get Out The Vote campaign.

"I think it's like a really important campaign because it emphasizes the importance of voting and … for first-time voters, it really helps them to feel a bit more comfortable because we also provide them with information on how to vote," she said.


With files from Information Morning Saint John
 

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David Raymond Amos
I wonder if anyone learned anything at the debate and is willing to share it with a candidate in Fundy Royal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Raymond Amos
Methinks everybody who plays politics in NB can recall the last two times I encountered the political professor JP Lewis N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





Jason Inness
So, Rodney Weston is unable to attend? I saw on News Chasers that he has said that he won't do debates. Maybe the CBC should ask him why he won't be attending. Maybe it is too far of a drive from his home in St. Martins. Maybe he is scared to debate. Maybe he has nothing to actually add to the debate, and doesn't want to waste everyone's time. Maybe he has front-runner disease (you know, hide out until election day because anything you do could actually reduce votes for you).
As a voter, maybe I don't want to vote for a Harper re-tread just to get rid of Trudeau.


Jason Murphy 
Reply to @Jason Inness: Wayne Long is going to attend, and possibly to his own detriment, since the Liberal Party doesn't have as robust of a climate strategy as the Greens or NDP. Yet, in this riding with only two candidates that have a choice to win... a lot of voters on the left will waste their votes on third party candidates, which could very well help elect Weston, who they should be the most focussed on defeating... rather than splitting the vote of people opposed to the Conservative party. Our electoral system is a lot of fun!
 
 
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Methinks Rodney Weston like Williamson and Moore expect to have their seats back in short order So why should Weston take a chance at embarrassing himself and screwing up a sure thing N'esy Pas?
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Jason Murphy: Voting "strategically" is a mistake. Vote for who you truly believe stands for the issues that are most important to you. If we all did that, I think we would have turfed the LIBS and CONS long ago.
 
 
SteveRyan
Reply to @Jason Inness:
What's with this fixation on Harper? You're as bad as Trudeau.
 
 
Jason Inness 
Reply to @SteveRyan: I am not fixated on Stephan Harper. I voted for the Conservatives while he was leader, in fact. However, the people of this country voted him out, and even more conservative areas like southern NB elected Liberals. This should have been a signal to the Conservative Party to renew itself. Instead, they locked up nominations so that the same old faces would be running again, and Sheer is running the 2006 Conservative party policy/strategy campaign. They didn't renew. So, in the three ridings around Saint John, we have Harper retreads running in a campaign that resembles 2006, not 2019. Plus, if Weston doesn't even want to debate the issues, why should I (usually conservative) give him my vote? The Conservative Party hasn't done ANYTHING during this election to EARN my vote, except trash Trudeau.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Levesque
maybe Rodney Weston can tell the Taxpayers why he should get a NB taxpayer funded pension check HE DO NOT QUALIFY FOR/ Thanks alot bernard lord 
 
 
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: Dream on
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Murray Brown
Sponsored obviously by the Liberal party... The party raising everyone's taxes in a fight against nature... And thinking they can control the weather by driving an electric car? of putting a solar panel on their roofs.


David Raymond Amos 
Reply to @Murray Brown: Methinks many would agree that this circus was conceived and orchestrated by Madame May's cohorts N'esy Pas?






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