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Tuesday October 6 2015 15 POLITICS FORT MCMURRAY-COLD LAKE 6.8103 in x 6.3125 in Continued from page 1. I dont mean to be ippant to those people who are struggling but I also want to empha- size that there are also jobs in the green sec- tor solar wind and geothermal and theres a lot we could be doing that could start mov- ing us toward those technologies and they would create jobs. Liberal candidate Kyle Harrietha would already be an MP but for about 1400 votes in last Junes by-election. He plans to beat Yurdiga who did not respond to a pair of messages left at his campaign ofce before press deadline with a shoulder-down cam- paign full of door-knocking long drives and long walks. Im running because the communities of northeastern Alberta are being stiffed by the federal government and they are being treated like work camps not like places where people raise families and own homes he told theJournal.ImrunningfortheLiberalParty because it has a plan to invest in Canadians to investintheregionandmakeabettercountry. Harrietha has been a Liberal since 1996 and has worked as an assistant to a number of MPs. He said Liberal leader Justin Trudeaus plan to run decits and spend on infrastruc- ture and social services should be welcome in Fort McMurray-Cold Lake which has been frozen out of federal funding. TheyhavenorailcrossingsinLacLaBicheso four times a day the community is cut off from its hospital for 15 minutes at a time Harrietha said.EvenonthelittlethingstheConservative government hasnt been getting the job done. ColdLakehasbeenstiffedoverandoveragain. He said Fort McMurray would be more likely to see the federal government fund much-needed ood mitigation work too and if elected the whole riding would see a harder-working MP. We have a Conservative member of Par- liament who skipped all the debates last year hes skipping all the debates this year and in total during his entire time in the House of Commons spoke for a grand total of eight minutes and one second Harrietha charged. You can speak for eight minutes in one speech. That works out to 20000 a minute. In northeastern Alberta weve just had an appalling lack of care or concern or any sort of action by those that have represented the riding or the government in general. Roelof Janssen is one of 28 Christian Heri- tage Party candidates in Canada running in ridings selected for their weak Conservative candidates. Janssen was at the partys found- ing convention in Hamilton in 1987 the same year the Reform Party of Canada was created. He said Christian Heritage values align with those of Prime Minister Stephen Harper per- sonally but that left-leaning candidates had made their way into the Tory tent. The government should uphold the laws above all the law of God and the law of life belongs to God. The partys priorities include defending innocentlifefromconceptiontonaturaldeath by banning abortion and assisted suicide. Im in it to win he said. If we get 10 or 15 members in the House we could form a coalition with the Conservative government. A vote for us is a double vote for Harper. Libertarian Scott Berry agrees and he has no illusions about the fact that it probably will not be him that makes that change this time. A resident of Fort McMurray and a project managerforapavingcompanyBerryisabuilder focused already on the next federal election. This election for me is about getting on the ballot getting some signs up and making a lit- tle bit of noise. This is my rst rodeo and the beginning of my political career. I have a lot to learn and I hope to make as many mistakes as possiblewhenitdoesntcountsowhenthelime- light is really on me I have my stuff dialed in. The Libertarians are all about smaller gov- ernment as little as possible in fact allowing people to do anything they want as long as it doesnothurtsomeoneelseandpayingalotless income taxes in the process. What the govern- ment should do Berry said is pay more atten- tiontothecommunitiesintheoilsandsregion. This riding singlehandedly pulled this nation out of a recession and it really really bothers me that we are still getting the tax rates were getting he said. I just dont see anybody caring about the people who saved Canada from disaster. Oil sands saved Canada but residents stiffed by feds candidates Re-elect Kevin Smith Councillor Town of Fort Smith Working to ensure we live in a healthy active safe sustainable community Find me on Facebook Councillor Kevin Smith or call 867-872-2732