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The latest Federal stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
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$1 million for Lindsay's Pinnguaq from federal government
The Pinnguaq Association (Pinnguaq) is a not-for-profit organization focused on working with rural, remote and Indigenous communities to ensure that they have the support they need to develop the digital literacy and skills needed to position them for success.
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TS Manufacturing gets federal money to upgrade equipment, expand production
Today, Filomena Tassi, federal minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced over $1.5 million for TS Manufacturing.
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Schmale says he did not attend meeting hosted by members of trucker convoy
On June 24, 24 Conservative members of parliament, including Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton member Jamie Schmale, were identified by CTV News as having attended meetings hosted by four people closely linked to the so-called Freedom Convoy movement. However, Schmale's office says this just isn't true.
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Schmale supporting Poilievre as Conservatives regroup to find new leader
Local MP Jamie Schmale has already picked his horse in the federal leadership race – the perceived frontrunner, Pierre Poilievre.
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Schmale tapped for O'Toole's shadow cabinet
Local MP Jamie Schmale has been appointed as the new shadow minister for Indigenous Services in Canada’s 44th Parliament.
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Schmale, Forbes, and Davidson talk rural-urban divide and conservatism
Forty-eight hours after fighting and winning his third election, local MP Jamie Schmale says it’s bittersweet to be going back to Ottawa while the Conservative Party itself has once again been defeated. “We were hoping for better,” Schmale said.
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NDP happy with local campaign; Green candidate calls it ‘learning experience’
Local NDP candidate Zac Miller placed third in last night’s federal election while Green candidate Angel Godsoe placed fifth, behind PPC candidate Alison Davidson. Conservative incumbent Jamie Schmale easily retained his seat in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, with the size of the popular vote still being counted, while Liberal candidate Judi Forbes placed second.
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338Canada.com has Conservatives polling locally at 47 percent
With less than a day before the votes are counted in the 2021 Canadian federal election, it is worthwhile to look at the latest polling provided by 338Canada.com. If their predictions are correct, Prime Minister Trudeau will remain the nation’s leader, Jamie Schmale will win Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock easily and the classic bellwether riding of Peterborough-Kawartha that has sided with the winning party since 1960 could see a photo-finish with less than one per cent of the total vote separating the winner from the loser.
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The political fringe: PPC and Libertarian candidates have much in common
People’s Party of Canada candidate Alison Davidson and Libertarian candidate Gene Balfour are also vying for voters’ intentions on Monday – and their parties have much in common. It’s the PPC that gets the most headlines, though, thanks to the pandemic and leader Maxime Bernier’s use of it as a wedge issue. Now home to most of the anti-vax, anti-mask, and no-more-lockdowns movement, the PCC’s Davidson does nothing to dispel this notion when she speaks about vaccines.
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Green Party candidate says local food production should be ramped up
Green Party candidate Angel Godsoe says it’s time for big changes to support local agriculture and food production, with a real emphasis on local. Godsoe, a farmer just north of Cambray, says the Green Party wants “to safeguard agricultural lands.”
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NDP’s Miller says riding would benefit from party's policy on housing
When it comes to the hot button issue of housing, Zac Miller of the NDP says his party is the best choice to make to see a positive difference. Miller, who was also the NDP candidate for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock in the 2018 provincial election, says one obvious way to lower the cost of housing is to “increase the supply.”
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Forbes believes election call was necessary
Judi Forbes, Liberal candidate in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, believes that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did the right thing by calling the federal election that is currently being contested. Forbes also thinks the party she represents “has had Canadians’ backs during the pandemic” and possesses the best possible plan to help Canadians recovery from the pandemic.
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Schmale believes small business key to pandemic recovery
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes- Brock Member of Parliament Jamie Schmale believes that small business will be the key to Canada’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. He also thinks the Conservative Party of Canada is best poised to create the conditions for that recovery more quickly than any other party.
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Rally against lockdowns, vaccine laws, draws large crowd in downtown Lindsay
At times, the beeping of horns of support made it difficult to do interviews. About 80 people gathered downtown in front of Lindsay’s library to protest vaccine passports, lockdowns, and what they see as “medical tyranny.”
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Election numbers worth knowing
At few other times in public discourse are more numbers floated for public consumption than at election time. There seem to be multiple polls outs out every day, sometimes telling conflicting stories. Politicians, as a part of their tried-and-true stump speeches, talk about millions and billions in election promises like pocket change.
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Miller acclaimed as NDP candidate
Zac Miller has been acclaimed as NDP candidate for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. The community activist and volunteer has spent the last several years advocating for improved healthcare and long-term care for the region through the Kawartha Lakes Health Coalition.
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Green Party goes with Godsoe
The local Green Party has cancelled their nomination meeting that would have decided between two candidates and instead found a riding for both contestants to run in. That means Angel Godsoe will represent Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock for the Greens.
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Local Green Party members to face off to see who will represent riding in election
The Advocate has learned that a nomination meeting will be necessary for the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Greens after two people stepped forward to represent the riding in the Sept. 20 election.
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Familiar faces to square off again locally in election
Local candidates are off to the races in a federal match-up that pits the Liberal’s Justin Trudeau against new Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh. Annamie Paul, the federal Green Party leader, will face her first campaign since Elizabeth May stepped aside in 2019. At this time, only the Conservatives and Liberals have chosen candidates locally, with the Conservatives of course running incumbent Jamie Schmale and the Liberals once again fielding Judi Forbes.