Harper wraps up fight in PM's hometown

Canadian Press via National Post ^ | 2006-01-22

[Clive]

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Stephen Harper has made his last pitch for Ontario votes in Prime Minister Paul Martin's hometown.

The Conservative leader urged an early morning crowd of about 400 party supporters to work right through the last campaign day before Monday's vote.

Harper said every riding in southwestern Ontario is within Conservative grasp.

The Conservative leader said it's time for voters to end Liberal rule.

"If you want your taxes to go down, you have to vote for it. If you want a government that actually does something about crime, you have to vote for it. If you want to fix health care, you have to vote for it. If you want choice in child care, you have to vote for it. And the only way to get that is to vote for a new Conservative government," said Harper.

The Tory leader said Canada can't afford another Liberal government, adding Canadians face a clear choice on Monday.

"Only a new government can turn the page on the past 13 years of scandal and inaction and get on with addressing the real concerns of ordinary, working people."

The Tory leader has invested much precious campaign time between Toronto and Windsor.

He has implored voters who shunned him in 2004 to choose change this time, saying only a Tory government can unite East and West, French and English.

Harper wraps up eight weeks of campaigning in British Columbia before heading to Calgary to watch the results.

[Clive]

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[RightWingAtheist]

Not only is Windsor my hometown also, but my parents live in the same house Paul Martin grew up in.

[Katya]

same house? Must be a small town. Is Martin still popular in your neck of the woods?

[RightWingAtheist]

Not really; it's more of an NDP town. Huge labour influence on EVERYTHING. In the last election, the Conservative candidate, who was Jewish, had some of his election signs defaced with swastikas.