Throughout the election campaign, Oakville.com interviewed the candidates, covered the issues and provided updates in an effort to provide fair and balanced reporting on the candidates and the issues.
We asked each of the candidates for their closing remarks on the campaign and election results. The following is a statement from Halton Conservative candidate Lisa Raitt.
Today, Monday, May 2 is the date for the 41st Federal General Election and the team at Oakville.com want to encourage all residents to have their voice heard by getting out and casting their vote!
Voters were out in record numbers in the Advance Polls, click here to read our report.
Polling stations are open today in Oakville and Halton from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm. The location of each resident’s polling station is listed on your Voter Information Card. If you did not receive a card in the mail, the location of your local polling station can be found by entering your postal code on the Elections Canada website.
Lisa Raitt is the Conservative candidate in the Halton riding in the Federal Election being held on May 2, 2011.
Oakville.com: What are the platform issues that you are addressing?
Lisa Raitt: In North Oakville and the rest of Halton, we’ve discussed a lot of issues in our platform since the election campaign began – from protecting universal health care, to helping new Canadians succeed in the professions they’ve been trained for, to keeping Halton one of the safest communities in Canada.
But at people’s doors and in their homes, I’ve heard one thing consistently – literally thousands of times:
People are saying that Halton and Canada are definitely moving in the right direction. They want that to continue, and that’s why we’ve been seeing such a positive response to our Conservative platform.
Our platform is very focused on keeping Canada’s economy growing, keeping our strong jobs growth going, putting our national budget in surplus in 4 years, keeping taxes low, and providing affordable benefits to individuals, seniors, families and businesses. That’s what we stand for.
Lisa Raitt at her campaign office opening.
Conservative candidate Lisa Raitt is running for re-election on May 2nd as Member of Parliament representing Halton. She was first elected in 2008, and was the Minister of Labour in the Cabinet of Canada.
“The conservative way of life is that we save, and we pay less taxes so we can look after our families,” Raitt said.
Raitt believes that Stephen Harper is the best Prime Minister for the country, especially right now. “Look to our neighbours to the south,” she said. “We are not out of the economic recession. We’re doing well, but it’s still shaky. We need to get this election over with as quickly as possible, and go back to governing the country in a steady way.”
Terence Young kicks off the 2011 election campaign with supporters.
Terence Young is running for re-election this spring in the riding of Oakville, representing the Conservatives.
Young was first elected as Oakville’s MP in 2008 and served as an MPP from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 Young lost his daughter Vanessa to a preventable prescription drug reaction. He wrote the book Death By Prescription that was published in 2009. He resides in Oakville with his wife Gloria.
“I believe that I share the values of most of the people in Oakville,” Young said. “They work hard to balance their families and work, and are law-abiding people who love to contribute to the community.”
[Profile Page: Federal Election Candidate Terence Young.]
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