LPC with Justin Trudeau, the nouveau TarSands Kingpin championing Big Oil & Gas bitumen production, has been stumping full throttle for local candidate aim for big upset victory in Fort McMurray-Athabasca riding. Fort McMurray, the heart of the oil sands, is hardly a hotbed in Canadian politics. The riding had the lowest voter turnout in Canada – 40.3 per cent in 2011 – and Conservatives have regularly won huge victories. However, Fort McMurray-Athabasca is up for grabs again on Monday, one of four by-elections – and a real race is shaping up. With the help of Justin Trudeau, former prime minister Paul Martin and former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan, the Liberals are making a push in the riding. Party insiders now expect they have an outside shot – still unlikely, they concede – of victory. Changes to the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program and a lack of federal infrastructure funding have stoked unrest in the riding, the Liberal candidate Kyle Harrietha says. Meanwhile, the community has surged in size over the past decade, making Fort McMurray the type of urban centre where Liberals tend to fare better. theglobeandmail/news/politics/federal-liberals-aim-for-big-upset-in-fort-mcmurray-athabasca-by-election/article19383685/
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:00:06 +0000
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