NDP CANDIDATE CAROL HUGHES KICKS OFF RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
NDP MP Carol Hughes, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
Time to fix Ottawa say New Democrats
ELLIOTT LAKE, ON – New Democrat candidate Carol Hughes kicked off her re-election campaign today in Algoma – Manitoulin – Kapuskasing following an historic vote that found the Conservative government in contempt of parliament.
“Stephen Harper has no respect for the needs of ordinary Canadian families – or the MPs they elected to represent them in Ottawa,” said Hughes at the launch of her campaign. “The only people Harper has any time for are his Bay Street buddies.”
Stephen Harper’s scandal plagued government was found in contempt of parliament shortly after delivering a dead-on-arrival budget that did nothing for Canadians and was rejected by all opposition parties. New Democrats made practical proposals for the budget such as protecting old age pensions, lifting seniors out of poverty, and taking the HST off home heating. New Democrats also proposed a plan to provide the thousands of critically needed doctors and nurses needed in our northern communities, but Stephen Harper refused to deliver.
“You’d think with all the scandal surrounding the crooked conservatives that Harper would show some humility and try to work with other MPs,” said Hughes referring to the ‘in and out’ electoral spending violations, senior conservatives being charged with breaking election laws, and a slew of other violations. “Instead he delivered a do nothing budget that showed his contempt for Canadians. We wanted to make parliament work, but Stephen Harper wasn’t ready to listen.”
“Ottawa is broken and only Jack Layton and his New Democrat team is determined to work together and fix it.”
