Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2004 Federal election a12 saturday june 26, 2004 your vote counts irked grits Nader Back nip Layton predicts record seat total party targets Star liberals by Les Perreaux Anderson Hedy Fry former . Liber Al party president Bill Cunningham and Dave Haggard Are All behind the nip Sault Ste. Marie ont. ? in the midst of an Ontario Blitz designed to create momentum Jack Layton according to the Survey of 150 people in a handful of . Ridings provided to can West news service. Received two unusual endorsements Anderson acknowledges the race is yesterday from a . Presidential can clearly a close one As he faces the Dps dilate and disgruntled Liberal organic David Turner a former mayor of Victo ers. As the nip Leader took off from Tim mins yesterday morning Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader issued an open letter suggesting canadians vote nip to Stop conservatives from forming government. As he touched Down in Sault Ste. Marie Layton bounded off the plane to news that senior liberals in the Hamilton Riding of for Mer Cabinet minister Sheila Copps Are supporting the nip. A Liberal executive has rejected or. Martins proposal that they should vote Liberal to Stop Stephen Harper Layton said during yesterdays nine City whistle Stop tour. His handlers dubbed the voyage super its unbelievable. When he thought he was going to get a Coronation he was kicking progressives out of the Liberal party so he could have a More conservative Agenda. The people who know Best Are now turning out to support the Layton began yesterday in Northern Ontario before heading across South Western Ontario by bus. Today Layton will make a Quick swing to the West coast and the Prairies before returning to Toronto for one final push tomorrow. The British Columbia swing will be critical As Layton a party a internal polls suggest senior liberals could soon be Defeated at the hands of nip Candi dates. Environment minister David Ria and conservative candidate Logan Wenham. The Green party is also expected to do Well. Earlier in the Day a letter from Nader gave Layton a Campaign a boost. The left leaning former consumer advocate issued an open letter urging canadians to avoid a conservative government. Voters beware he wrote. You Are in part understandably reacting to the recent scan dal touching the incumbent party. Do not you have a third major Choice ? the nip ? or other but the mild endorse ment from Nader comes with parallels that Layton has desperately tried to avoid. Many democrats in the . Blame Nader for steal ing left leaning votes and handing the tight 2000 elec Tion to Republican George w. Bush. Democrats Are putting pres sure on Nader to withdraw from this years presidential race to avoid a repeat. Nader has refused. Liberal Leader Paul Martin has similarly suggested Layton is stealing lib eral votes that will enable a conservative win. He a got a lot of Gall trying to con Vince canadians that somehow now he a the Champion of All things progressive Layton said. I a sure there were some members of the conservative party who were secretly jealous watching Paul Martin we have by All indications at least a million More canadians turning to the nip ? Jack Layton implement their Agenda Over the last 10 Layton waved off the comparison with Nader who won three per cent of the vote in the 2000 presidential election. We re at 20 per cent or something we have seats we hold governments in Dif Ferent provinces any comparison would be stretching beyond anything at All reasonable Layton said. Anyone making such a comparison was probably smok ing something that want quite Legal. We appreciate his endorsement because he a respected for his Point of Layton a Campaign was also buoyed by polls released yesterday that seemed to show his party a popular support is hold ing Between 15 and 20 per cent where it has been stuck since the Campaign began. While the Dps support has remained Flat throughout the election Campaign Layton is Quick to Point out the polls give the party at least double the 8.5 per cent of the popular vote it won in 2000. We have by All indications at least a million More canadians turning to the nip he said. Paul Martin can to say that Stephen Harper can to say Layton made a bold prediction Friday that new democrats will win a record number of seats in mondays election. The party a previous Best showing was in 1988 under de Broadbent when the party won 43 seats including 10 in Ontario. The party has not had More than 21 seats since 1988 and most seat projections by pollsters suggest a seat count in the twenties. We re going to break through with the largest number of seats the new demo cratic party has have Ever had in any Federal election Layton maintained. ? Canadian press can West news service Layton reads the latest Federal elec Tion poll Story above. The nip got More Good news yesterday As supporters of Sheila Copps and . Presidential candidate Ralph Nader Are sup porting the party. Where the leaders Are Stephen Harper conservatives. Kelowna . Lower Mainland . No further information Jim Harris Green party. Victoria Mai streets 9 . Meet and Greet 10 30 . At planet organic health corp 3995 quadra Mai streets 1 ., Eaton a Centre policy meeting open House 3 St. Johns United Church 10990 w. Stanich re. Courtney . Meet and Greet 7 ., Courtney air Park Campaign event 8 30 .,1055 fourth St. Jack Layton nip. Hamilton Campaign breakfast Hillcrest banquet Centre 8 . Vancouver Campaign event 2 45 Victoria various whistle stops 6 30 ., 7 ., 7 25 Paul Martin liberals. Toronto several events no details Bayside . 4 55 Attends 400th anniversary of arrival of the French on Lile Sainte Croix. St. Stephen . 7 Visits St. Croix Campaign office 204 King St. Fredericton visits Fredericton Campaign office 620 Queen St. Andrew Vaughan / Canadian press Riding resentful Over being neglected tied the Federal liberals inaction to the hated health care premiums established liberals facing 2004 Federal by Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton Mcguinty earlier this year. If we had acted on Romanow two years ago we would not have health care premiums in Ontario today bar Tough Battle election in stronghold Riding profile Clay said. Barclay has said she considers conservative Bill Brown not Valley to be her chief opponent. She believes Val by Mia Rabson Leys Campaign is running a Distant third. Dryden ? in politics in 2004, nothing As a result she spent a lot of time seems to be a sure bet for the liberals. Attacking the record of former Conser not even a Riding that a gone their Way native Premier Mike Harris in an every election but one since 1925. Attempt to make sure voters Don to for that one time was in 1984, when the get about the closed schools and Dis Liberal government was pummelled at mantled Hospital programs that came Kenora the polls. And with anti Liberal senti from the Harris Era of tax cuts. Ment building in Ontario it could just people in our Riding already know the 2000 election results happen again. Real costs of conservative tax cuts she the Liberal candidate former Dryden said. Liberal Bob Nault 14,416 mayor Roger Valley has More than just Brown a former Dryden City Council Alliance de Prefontaine 9,125 his party a record in Ottawa to explain. Lor said the liberals Are too corrupt and nip Susan Barclay 6,868 he also has to defend the record of his untrustworthy to be worthy of the votes conservative Brian Barrett 1,476 predecessor former Indian affairs min of Kenora Riding residents. Ister Bob Nault whose controversial Riding a name has been changed to Kenora Don to let the liberals get their hands reforms to the Indian act left first on your hard earned dollars Brown nations angry. And he has to Deal with crities for voters All of whom have to told voters at the forum. The fallout from the recent imposition drive hours to Winnipeg or Thunder Bay Brown said conservative tax cuts will of health care premiums by the current for most major medical services. Put up to $1,000 Back into the pockets provincial Liberal government. And so in Sunset country where thou of Middle income earners each year the Riding of Kenora is rugged Iso Sands of Winni Eggers vacation in the and was Adamant his party would can lated and dotted with lakes. Its also the summer this election is hotly contest the controversial gun registry to the Home of thousands of voters resentful de. The four candidates came together at great Delight of the audience at the toward governments that tend to forget the legion Hall in Dryden this week for forum. About them. An All candidates debate that on the sur the gun registry Issue resonates loud Kenora and Dryden Are the two major face was Friendly but still saw each can by Here where Hunting is a Way of life. Centres each heavily reliant on a pulp dilate getting in some Well placed jabs All candidates but Valley said they re and paper Mill for jobs. But the Riding at All the other candidates underlining against the registry. Valley said he feels is mainly made up of Small isolated one just How close the race is Here. The gun registry is Here to stay but Industry towns with declining Popula nip Susan Barclay an anglican min would vote against spending More supported gun control. A Back into deficit. Tons. Its also Home to Many first nation ister from Sioux Lookout is hoping to Money on it. But he got applause when he said the he said the conservative tax Cut is communities most of which Are Strug repeat the nip Victory of 1984. Provin he also said Browns Promise to scrap conservatives stance to scrap Kyoto was just not doable without running an gling to overcome extreme poverty and scially this Riding is an nip stronghold the gun control act was irresponsible a step backwards for the world and a american style deficit or cutting into High suicide rates. And Home to provincial nip Leader pointing out parts of the act Are Good step backwards for Canadas treasured social programs tourism and forestry Are the two main Howard Hampton. Including the registration of automatic for Valley everything is about bal even More. Industries and the latter is drying up Barclay attacked the liberals on their weapons and handguns and the provi dancing the books. He attacked both there a going to be service cuts he slowly As pulp and paper Mills close and health care record saying they have had Sions for Safe storage of ammunition. Brown and Barclay for making promis said. There is no other Way to balance forests become depleted. Long enough to fix health care and Valley received groans of disbelief is ? tax cuts from Browns conserva the health care particularly the doctor specifically to implement the Romanow from the audience when he said a sur Tives and social program spending from shortage in the North tops the list of Pri report from 2002, but Haven to. And she vey of the Riding showed most people Barclays nip ? that would Lead Cana. ;