Bob visits Sudbury
I won't spend a lot of time today on this, as everyone knows there is plenty of news. So I'll just throw this out there. This is from the Northern Life.
And I will say this. He is dead on about the Middle East.
Liberal leadership hopeful Bob Rae visits Sudbury
BY JASON THOMPSON
Federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Bob Rae said the last federal election was about protest and punishment.
His Liberal Party, regardless of who is at the helm, best reflects the thoughts and attitudes of the majority of Canadians, he said.
Rae was in Greater Sudbury over the weekend and spoke about his campaign at a function held Sept. 24 at Sudbury MP Diane Marleau's residence. Marleau, a former federal minister of health, has come out in support of Rae because his stand on protecting universal medicare is the same as hers, she says.
Rae said he was excited about the prospect of becoming the next Liberal leader and then achieving his ultimate goal of becoming Canada's next Prime Minister.
He added he doesn't want Stephen Harper to do to Canada what former premier Mike Harris did to Ontario.
The former NDP premier of Ontario, Rae said he running he is now a Liberal because somethings have changed in politics, namely the re-alignment of the right-wing.
Rae expressed concern that the Canadian Conservative Party was no longer progressive and was becoming too much like American Republicans, especially in their foreign policy and their views on the mission in Afghanistan.
Rae said he was troubled by a speech Harper made before the United Nations when he spend about 90 percent of his time talking about Afghanistan when there are so many other foreign policy issues, such as the AIDS crisis in Africa and the conflict in Darfur, that Canada should also have a role in.
Rae said he believes Canada's presence in the Middle East will be a critical issue in the next election.
The leadership convention will be held in December.
And I will say this. He is dead on about the Middle East.
Liberal leadership hopeful Bob Rae visits Sudbury
BY JASON THOMPSON
Federal Liberal Party leadership candidate Bob Rae said the last federal election was about protest and punishment.
His Liberal Party, regardless of who is at the helm, best reflects the thoughts and attitudes of the majority of Canadians, he said.
Rae was in Greater Sudbury over the weekend and spoke about his campaign at a function held Sept. 24 at Sudbury MP Diane Marleau's residence. Marleau, a former federal minister of health, has come out in support of Rae because his stand on protecting universal medicare is the same as hers, she says.
Rae said he was excited about the prospect of becoming the next Liberal leader and then achieving his ultimate goal of becoming Canada's next Prime Minister.
He added he doesn't want Stephen Harper to do to Canada what former premier Mike Harris did to Ontario.
The former NDP premier of Ontario, Rae said he running he is now a Liberal because somethings have changed in politics, namely the re-alignment of the right-wing.
Rae expressed concern that the Canadian Conservative Party was no longer progressive and was becoming too much like American Republicans, especially in their foreign policy and their views on the mission in Afghanistan.
Rae said he was troubled by a speech Harper made before the United Nations when he spend about 90 percent of his time talking about Afghanistan when there are so many other foreign policy issues, such as the AIDS crisis in Africa and the conflict in Darfur, that Canada should also have a role in.
Rae said he believes Canada's presence in the Middle East will be a critical issue in the next election.
The leadership convention will be held in December.
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