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Mulcair says NDP is the only party with ‘backbone’ to stand up to Harper and stop TPP deal
The NDP is the only party with the backbone to stand up to the Conservatives and walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, party leader Tom Mulcair said Sunday as he embarked on a blitz of ridings in southwestern Ontario that went to the Tories in the last election.
On one of his most active campaign days to date, Mulcair honed in on the Liberal position on the trade talks in Atlanta. Specifically, he seized on comments by Liberal candidate Catherine McKenna, who on Saturday said her party was not willing to echo the NDP’s position that they wouldn’t feel tied to an agreement.
“Where was Justin Trudeau and his Liberals in all of this? Well, yesterday in Ottawa, they were saying that they had no choice but to back Stephen Harper’s secretly negotiated deal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership,” Mulcair said in Brantford, Ont., his first stop of the day.
“The NDP, when we form government on Oct. 19, will not be bound by this secret agreement that Mr. Harper has been negotiating.”
Mulcair, who has been confronted with headlines in recent days that say the NDP has fallen behind in the polls, stressed that people seeking change have only one genuine option.
“Get tired of the Liberals and the sponsorship scandal? No problem, you’re supposed to go back to the Conservatives. When you’re tired of Stephen Harper’s unblemished record of continuous corruption and a revolving door of favouritism and $90,000 cheques in the Prime Minister’s Office? No problem, you’re supposed to go back,” he said.
“Hold on. This time, for the first time in our history, there’s hope. We can get real change.”
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On one of his most active campaign days to date, Mulcair honed in on the Liberal position on the trade talks in Atlanta. Specifically, he seized on comments by Liberal candidate Catherine McKenna, who on Saturday said her party was not willing to echo the NDP’s position that they wouldn’t feel tied to an agreement.
“Where was Justin Trudeau and his Liberals in all of this? Well, yesterday in Ottawa, they were saying that they had no choice but to back Stephen Harper’s secretly negotiated deal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership,” Mulcair said in Brantford, Ont., his first stop of the day.
“The NDP, when we form government on Oct. 19, will not be bound by this secret agreement that Mr. Harper has been negotiating.”
Mulcair, who has been confronted with headlines in recent days that say the NDP has fallen behind in the polls, stressed that people seeking change have only one genuine option.
“Get tired of the Liberals and the sponsorship scandal? No problem, you’re supposed to go back to the Conservatives. When you’re tired of Stephen Harper’s unblemished record of continuous corruption and a revolving door of favouritism and $90,000 cheques in the Prime Minister’s Office? No problem, you’re supposed to go back,” he said.
“Hold on. This time, for the first time in our history, there’s hope. We can get real change.”
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/mulcair+says+only+party+with+98backbone+stand+harper+stop+deal/11412954/story.html
Keep hammering it home for the last 2 weeks. Get Angry Tom! Today Trudeau was spewing more feel-good fluff, but nary a word against the TPP.
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Funny how all the old friends of NAFTA just can't forget their beneficiaries.
I like how Tom is getting emotional. Hopefully the emotion behind the Sanders campaign spills over into Canada.
K & R
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