August 6, 2015 - 14:27 — Timothy Gillespie
Trust in Mulcair
“We have a very experienced and trusted leader in Tom Mulcair,” says Godbold in the release, “Stephen Harper has the worst job creation record of any Prime Minister since the World War II. Canadians are turning increasingly to the NDP to undo the damage Harper has done to our country.”
Voters fed up with Harper
Alex Godbold, the freshly-minted NDP candidate for Gerald Keddy's South Shore-St. Margarets MP seat came out swinging in his first official campaign statement this week, saying that “People are fed up with Harper’s contempt for democracy and the law.”
Alex Godbold, the freshly-minted NDP candidate for Gerald Keddy's South Shore-St. Margarets MP seat came out swinging in his first official campaign statement this week, saying that “People are fed up with Harper’s contempt for democracy and the law.”
Buying power
Godbold also accused Harper of a "plan to buy his way back into power with our own money..." and says that signals voters "that it’s time for a change.”
Godbold also accused Harper of a "plan to buy his way back into power with our own money..." and says that signals voters "that it’s time for a change.”
“The majority here in SSSM wants Stephen Harper gone,” says Godbold, who did not specify how he came to that conclusion. He did say that, in "consulting the numbers..." the only way to achieve that change is to vote NDP.
The NDP has come second in the last three federal elections in SSSM, adds the release, which also asserts that the party in the best position today to replace the Conservatives.
Trust in Mulcair“We have a very experienced and trusted leader in Tom Mulcair,” says Godbold in the release, “Stephen Harper has the worst job creation record of any Prime Minister since the World War II. Canadians are turning increasingly to the NDP to undo the damage Harper has done to our country.”
Godbold used much of the news release to tout the promises of NDP leader Tom Mulcair, including the repeal of fhe "secret police law" (Bill C-51), the introduction of proportional representation, reinvestment in health care, rebuilding the economy with job creation initiatives and investment in infrastructure and renewable energy, tackling climate change and making polluters pay, reforming EI and to deliver affordable, accessible, quality child care at a cost of $15 a day.
Canadians want country back
“Tom Mulcair gets it. Canadians want their country back,” Godbold says, “and South Shore-St. Margarets can play a part in bringing about that change. I am asking for the support of all those who agree with us that Stephen Harper must go.”
“Tom Mulcair gets it. Canadians want their country back,” Godbold says, “and South Shore-St. Margarets can play a part in bringing about that change. I am asking for the support of all those who agree with us that Stephen Harper must go.”
In an exclusive interview last week with SCT, Godbold iterated many of the qualities he admires in leader Tom Mulcair, but did not take a strident position and did not level the charges of contempt.
Conflict of principles not likely
When asked by SCT whether, should he be elected, he would stand fast to his own principals on votes where he might differ with Mulcair and/or the NDP caucus, Godbold was far less certain, saying first that he doubted that there would not likely be that conflict. When pressed on whether he would stand fast to his values and principles, Godbold appeared to waiver, saying that the kind of partisanship which encouraged voting the party line was an essential part of the modern political process.
When asked by SCT whether, should he be elected, he would stand fast to his own principals on votes where he might differ with Mulcair and/or the NDP caucus, Godbold was far less certain, saying first that he doubted that there would not likely be that conflict. When pressed on whether he would stand fast to his values and principles, Godbold appeared to waiver, saying that the kind of partisanship which encouraged voting the party line was an essential part of the modern political process.
PHOTO: Alex Godbold at ArtStudio138 in Shelburne
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