Posted at Free Dominion:
Halton Conservative Association Youth Committee Unanimously Supports D’Arcy Keene
The Youth committee of the Halton Conservative Association which represents the members who are 26 and under has stated that they support the nomination of D’Arcy Keene as the Conservative candidate for Halton in the next Federal Election. An emergency meeting was held to ensure unity amongst the youth of the association, and a resolution to support the nomination of D’Arcy Keene over Garth Turner was passed unanimously.
“It’s time for a change,” said committee chair Mark Johnson, who attended Notre Dame High School in Burlington and is currently a Political Science student at the University of Ottawa, “Mr Turner campaigned for the candidacy last year on a certain platform of promises, and these promises have been broken.”
Many people, both the general public and those within the Conservative Party, have lost confidence in Mr Turner to continue to be a quality representative of his constituents in Halton. “Bigoted comments that Mr Turner has made such as ‘Call it Defend Marriage Canada, Call it the Taliban, Fleurs Du Mal (Flowers of Evil)’ show his clear unsuitability to be a member of the modern, inclusive party that is the Conservative Party of Canada, which is why he is and will continue to be an ineffective Member of Parliament for the taxpaying constituents of Halton” said Johnson.
The rules of engagement for this nomination process are as follows: Firstly, challengers have until this coming Sunday August 20th to announce their candidacy. This is the same date by which new members must be registered in order to vote in the nomination meeting. Secondly, the nomination meeting itself will be held on Monday September 11th at the Lion’s Hall, in Campbellville. The meeting will commence at 7:30 P.M.
Mr Turner has on several occasions shown contempt for Conservative officials, Conservative policy and ultimately the Conservative Party in general. The best way to sum it up is as Mark Johnson put it, “If he is that unhappy with our values he can choose to leave the party”.
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