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[John] Tory wins byelection nomination
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| Last Edited | Monsieur Feb 13, 2005 10:44am |
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| News Date | Sunday, February 13, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory pledged Saturday to champion rural Ontario and boost the number of doctors in the province, after being nominated to run in a byelection.
Tory, who hasn't held a seat in the legislature since being elected leader last September, will run in the rural riding of Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey previously held by former Conservative chief Ernie Eves.
"I believe in rural Ontario," Tory told an audience of party members in Orangeville after being nominated to represent them. "I may not live here, but I want to work here and I will work hard for you if I am elected."
Tory, a Toronto-based former Rogers Cable executive and mayoralty candidate, will have to convince the Southern Ontario riding of farms and small communities that he's their man.
He's been busy touring the riding in the days since Eves resigned his seat earlier this month.
On Saturday, Tory promised, if elected, to open two offices in the constituency and to hold at least four town-hall meetings a year.
He also took aim at the province's ruling Liberals, who have vowed to run a candidate against him.
Tory warned potential voters that letting the Liberals take the riding would only weaken any critics of Premier Dalton McGuinty.
"Nobody in the Liberal party is standing up to say, 'Wait a minute ,Mr. McGuinty, we have a doctor shortage in Ontario. Stop picking fights with doctors,'" Tory said, referring to long-running and bitter contract negotiations with doctors in the province.
"You want and deserve more doctors – not fewer doctors because Dalton McGuinty continues to do things to drive them away."
He also asked his audience not to reward the Liberals for their "broken promises," including policies that reduced agricultural funding by 20 per cent.
Meanwhile, Tory's party will begin another legislative session without their leader on Tuesday.
The premier has not yet called the byelection. |
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