Conservative MP Absent From a Child Poverty Forum in Southwestern Manitoba.
Are hungry kids a priority for the Harper government? by Larry Powell The forum (for the riding of Dauphin - Swan River - Neepawa) was sponsored by the Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church. It drew about 80 people to the church on Wednesday. But only four of the five candidates (see below) took part in the debate - Ray Piché (Liberal), Kate Storey (Green Party), Inky Mark (Ind.) and Laverne Lewycky (NDP) . The 5th candidate, the sitting Conservative MP for the area, Robert Sopuck (represented by the empty chair on the right), did not attend. His office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, said he was in Inglis, a small community in the western part of the riding for the evening. She did not elaborate. But she did explain that a campaign worker was mistaken when he told forum organizers earlier that Mr. Sopuck would, in fact be there. Piché , the Liberal candidate, said the MP's absence showed “disrespect” for the rest of the candidates
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Aren't they all alike? Setting themselves up for a plum
position as they stake out their claims. Harpers
predecessor, Conservative, Brian Mulroney' and good friend who wasn't ashamed of receiving an unmarked envelope …didn't seem to bother him one bit!
The Words "On Top of Ole Smokey" go something like this,…….
"They'll Hug you and Kiss You and Tell You More Lies…..Than the Cross Ties on a railroad or Stars in the Skies".