Rae, Dion, Layton but no more Harper

Apparently Dion’s slightly more articulate campaign buddy Bob Rae was mere blocks from my home while I was in Calgary on Saturday. He stopped at the Arts Barn to blast Harper’s ignorant anti-arts comments and policies (rightly so). He attracted a crowd of 100, but judging from the article it was mainly die-hard Liberal party supporters from around Edmonton. Linda Duncan gets a nod as having come a close second in the last election while Claudette Roy isn’t even mentioned!

Many sitting in the small auditorium were artists themselves, or red-wearing members of local Liberal candidates’ teams.

“There are two parties that can form the next government in Canada,” he said.

“You must vote for your Liberal candidate.”

The Edmonton-Strathcona riding is currently held by Rahim Jaffer. In 2006, he beat NDP candidate Linda Duncan by 5,000 votes. The Liberal candidate came in third place.

You do not have to vote Liberal – you can actually vote for change. Linda is so close and the fact the Journal doesn’t mention her Liberal opponent is a tacit acknowledgement of what this riding is about.

The article ends with a claim that we should expect to see Mr. Dion himself in this province again by the end of this week. The last time he was here was just prior to the election call for a talk at the University of Alberta (I couldn’t make it out to that event).

Next, in a move that shows that Jack Layton actually cares about the entire country, it turns out that he’ll be in town on Wednesday morning for a special breakfast at City Hall to further support Linda Duncan’s (and the Alberta NDP candidate’s) campaign.

Finally, I highly doubt that Harper will be making an appearance in Edmonton before the election, but he has announced he’ll spend Thanksgiving in his home riding in Calgary.

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