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Kenora Riding Profile: Eric Melillo

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We have reached the home stretch in the 2019 Federal election campaign.

CKDR News is profiling the six candidates in the Kenora riding and Conservative Eric Melillo talks about why you should vote for him on Monday.

“To elect a strong voice for our region and someone who is going to deliver the results that we need as part of a responsible Conservative government.

We asked Melillo about the campaign, the issues, how his party will make change while being fiscally responsible and how he plans to improve the quality of life in northwestern Ontario.

To hear the full interview, visit the Audio link below.

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Kenora Riding Profile: Rudy Turtle

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Voting day is Monday across Canada and the candidates in the Kenora riding are making one final push for votes.

Grassy Narrows Chief Rudy Turtle is running for the NDP and during the recent all-candidate forum in Sioux Lookout he stated it’s time for change.

Turtle says “I’m in this for you, for everyone. The New Democrats are in it for you.”

He adds “I’m asking for your vote because I’m ready to work hard for our area. I am ready to fight to make life more affordable.”

To hear his closing statement at the Forum, listen to the Audio link below.

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Kenora Riding Profile: Kirsi Ralko

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There are six people in the running for the 2019 Federal election in the Kenora riding.

Kirsi Ralko is representing the Green party.

CKDR News caught up with Ralko in the closing days leading up to the vote and we asked why voters should select her as MP.

“I have a breadth of experience in a number of areas and education in a number of areas. I’m a lawyer. I’m an entrepreneur. I have a business degree and I have been on City Council for the better part of a year now, so I have government experience as well.

We asked Ralko about the campaign, the issues, how her Green party will make change while being fiscally responsible and how she plans to improve the quality of life in northwestern Ontario.

To hear the full interview, visit the Audio link below.

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Kenora Riding Profile: Kelvin Boucher-Chicago

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The 2019 Federal election is two days away and CKDR News is taking one last look at the candidates in the Kenora riding.

Kelvin Boucher-Chicago is running as an Independent.

During the all-candidates debate in Sioux Lookout, Boucher-Chicago outlined why you should vote for him on Monday.

“For 60 years the taxpayers have been constantly paying and paying to help the little people all of the time. It doesn’t work that way.”

Boucher-Chicago says “some how the dollars get caught up in a payment into somebody’s pocket, while the poor people in the riding don’t see anything.”

To hear more from Kelvin Boucher-Chicago, visit the Audio link below.

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Kenora Riding Profile: Michael Di Pasquale

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The Federal election is two days away and CKDR News is taking one last look at the candidate in the Kenora riding.

Michael Di Pasquale is representing the People’s Party of Canada.

In an earlier interview, Di Pasquale talked about why he decided to run for the PPC.

“It’s about efficiency which is doing the right thing in the right place at the right time. It’s also a Canada-first policy. Really I’m getting a little bit tired of the Trump comparisons.”

He admits the PPC is the most conservative party in the election campaign.

“I believe that we will be able to do the socialist aspects that do so much to make Canada the country it is without the sacrifices that we’re making. I think that we’ll be able to have a vibrant economy, take care of our people and have proper welfare and healthcare systems.”

Di Pasquale says he decided to run because the politics of the Liberals was too much for him.

“Especially with the Liberals they say one thing and they turn around and they do something different. It’s been really upsetting me for a while, they’re throwing away our money, arguably giving away our country. It’s quite sad.”

The Red Lake area resident is a first-time candidate for any party in the federal election.

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Bob Nault Raises Questions Timing Of Provincial Announcements

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The Liberal candidate for the Kenora riding is questioning recent funding announcements made by the Doug Ford government.

Money for road upgrades in Dryden and Kenora has been promised, with the province indicating it will cover 83% of the cost of repairs, with the municipalities responsible for the remaining 17%.

Bob Nault isn’t sold on the idea.

“That looks awfully a lot like the program that we have, the Canada-Ontario Infrastructure program, where the Federal government pays 50%, the province 33% and the 17% is the municipal contribution.”

Nault says he supports the projects but stresses the Federal government hasn’t seen anything from Ontario on the funding requests.

“What we’ve seen the last number of months is the province making these kinds of announcements and then putting the proposal into the Feds asking for this to be a ‘highly recommended’ project.”

Nault says it’s “Unfortunate that it’s being put forward as if it’s just a provincial-municipal project, because I doubt very much that’s the direction that this will end up going. I want to see these projects go.”

He accuses Premier Doug Ford of playing political games.

Nault notes “Doug Ford has been hiding from Ontarians for months, finally breaking his vow of electoral silence, five days from Election Day to try and help the local Conservative candidate.”

 

 

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Kenora Candidate: Rudy Turtle

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With the federal election coming down to the wire, CKDR News looks at the final candidate in the Kenora Riding.

The New Democrats are represented by Rudy Turtle.

Turtle says he is spending much of his time in northern communities.

“We have been going to mostly to First Nations doors”

Turtle says “We have had a good response and we have had people welcome us and it’s been good.”

He says one concern he hopes to raise if elected is mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation.

“I would like to see the river cleaned up but at this stage right now they are just doing studies and the purpose of those studies is to see what kind of techniques they could use to clean up the river, or if it is even possible to clean up the river.”

Turtle says “Right now our scientists think that it could be cleaned up. It’s just a matter of how and where and when. Like I mentioned, it’s just a matter of which techniques they could use.”

Turtle is Chief of Grassy Narrows but he stresses his focus remains on all of the riding.

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Kenora Candidate: Bob Nault

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We are less than one week away from the Federal election and CKDR continues to profile the Kenora riding candidates.

Today we feature incumbent Liberal Bob Nault.

Nault says his priority will be securing additional infrastructure funding for our area.

“This is why I’m here and this is what I’m signalling that if we get a Conservative government you will see cuts and you won’t see investments like you see now, because they are not prepared to put that kind of money into places like northern Ontario.

Nault says “I came back to politics in 2015 for one reason and one reason only. This region needs major infrastructure development and it needs a government that’s willing to spend the money on us. And this is not small money, this is not a million here, a million there. This is like $1.6-billion for infrastructure for the grid.”

He’s also promoting his work and the Liberals commitment to develop a regional All-Nations Hospital in Kenora.

Nault believes they are on the right track.

He says the federal government is already on board and they have everyone working together.

Nault warns a change of leadership next Monday may result in a setback for the project.

He has been running a campaign on the importance of experience.

Nault says he has represented the riding for 20 years, going back to 1988, and adds this is his 6th federal election.

 

 

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Regional Poverty Rates “Unacceptable”

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A national group is raising awareness of child poverty in Canada.

Campaign 2000 has released a report outlining its impact in each one of the 338 ridings across the country.

National Coordinator Leila Sarangi says its release during the election campaign was on purpose.

“We do want to be hearing from all parties about what their approach to ending child and family poverty will be. This was a promise first made at Parliament 30 years ago.”

Sarangi notes the national rate is almost 19%, stressing we can do much better and we need to be doing much better and this should be a priority issue.

Campaign 2000 says over 6,300 children in the Kenora riding were living in poverty in 2017.

In excess of 3,800 children in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding were living in poverty in 2017.

More than 3,500 children in the Thunder Bay-Superior North riding were living in poverty in 2017.

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Kenora Candidate: Eric Melillo

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CKDR News continues to look at the candidates in the Kenora riding running in the Federal election.

Today the focus is on Conservative candidate Eric Melillo.

He says contrary to popular opinion, his party does have a Green Energy plan.

“I think climate change is an urgent threat here. It requires a global solution.”

Melillo states “we’re going to work on developing a green technology here in Canada, to support our economy and lower emissions on a global scale.”

He is also taking aim at Liberal candidate Bob Nault over his handling of the twinning of Highway 17 between Kenora and the Ontario/Manitoba boundary.

Melillo says “For three years we had a provincial, federal and Liberal government and Bob Nault sat silent while the province pulled the funding away from our region and delayed this project. So, for all his years of experience, that supposedly matters, it didn’t seem to matter because we have gotten zero kilometres constructed.”

He notes “I think it’s time for a new generation of leadership who is going to prioritize investments here in our region and also work to put more money in your pocket. Help you get ahead, balance the budget for future generations.”

The Kenora resident is the youngest candidate in riding and he recently received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.

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