Candidates excited for Oxford County federal byelection campaign – London | 24CA News
Residents of Oxford County will likely be heading to the voting sales space subsequent month to elect a brand new Member of Parliament.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau known as the byelection Sunday, certainly one of 4 that may happen subsequent month in Canada.
In Oxford, the byelection was necessitated by Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie stepping down in January. Since stepping down, the longtime Conservative has taken the uncommon place of endorsing a possible candidate from a unique political occasion.
Last month, MacKenzie turned heads after endorsing David Hilderley, who’s looking for the Liberal nomination. In backing a rival Liberal, MacKenzie cited considerations over the Conservatives’ controversial nomination course of.
Arpan Khanna, who defeated two different candidates, together with MacKenzie’s daughter, served as Ontario co-chair for Poilievre’s profitable management marketing campaign. Immediately after he gained in March, two Conservative driving affiliation leaders within the driving resigned. Khanna ran unsuccessfully for the Tories in Brampton in 2019.
While saying he’s upset in MacKenzie backing a rival occasion hopeful, Khanna tells Global News he’s excited for the marketing campaign to lastly get underway.
“People in the community just want someone who is going to fight for our community, fight for our values,” mentioned Khanna, a Woodstock resident who works as a lawyer.
“I think it’s about time we have somebody in Oxford who’s willing to put the work in and take nothing for granted.”
Khanna says a number of the most important points he needs to assist sort out if elected embrace supporting farmers, defending lawful gun house owners and addressing the price of residing.
Last month, the NDP chosen Cody Groat in a much less acrimonious nomination choice. A Western University professor and a Mohawk and band member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Groat tells Global News that when MacKenzie retired, he noticed a chance to place forth a extra progressive and modern message to the residents of Oxford.
“One thing I’m hearing a lot at the door… is that people are getting really tired of the divisiveness that exists within politics, especially within politics here in Oxford County,” mentioned Groat.
The 28-year-old famous the extra harmonious NDP nominee course of, including that he believes it’s a good signal for the marketing campaign.
“We have a really strong, unified message and we are ready to continue advocating that message into the byelection.”
Among the problems he needs to face ought to he be elected, Groat says his focus could be on supporting the automotive and agriculture industries in Oxford.
The Liberal’s nomination assembly was scheduled for Monday night. The Green Party has but to announce a nominee.
The byelection is scheduled for June 19, with early voting from June 9-12.
— with recordsdata from Global’s Aaron D’Andrea
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