Juno News - Lisa Raitt says Conservative breakthrough in Atlantic Canada is possible

00:00:00.000 So let's talk about Atlantic Canada. This is not an area the Conservatives have traditionally done

00:00:04.540 well, certainly not in the last couple of years. Do you think things are different this time around

00:00:09.540 and if so, why? I do. I do because this part of the world can definitely move from the Liberal

00:00:16.200 side of the books to the Conservative side of the books. You just saw that happen here in Nova Scotia

00:00:20.760 with the provincial election where Tim Houston is the Premier-elect after 13 or 14 years with

00:00:26.400 the Liberal government, Stephen McNeil and then Ian Rankin. So yeah, they can definitely move in terms

00:00:31.720 of where their vote is if it's the right issue. They care about issues. They care about certain

00:00:37.320 things that matter to them and if the leader can connect on those, that's what's going to make a

00:00:41.580 difference. Are the Atlantic issues unique to Atlantic Canada or do you think people in the

00:00:46.920 Atlantic provinces, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, PEI are receptive to a lot of the broader economic

00:00:52.200 realities and policies that you'd put in a national campaign? Normally, it's pretty much lined up with

00:00:58.500 what voters in Ontario care about except this time and this time it's about health care and the reason

00:01:04.200 being is that there's a very big demarcation in terms of health care here in Nova Scotia as there

00:01:09.420 is in Ontario or any of the western provinces and they care about that and it's become a transactional

00:01:15.080 matter in politics. The first question you're going to get is on health care. The second question

00:01:19.420 you're going to get is on seniors. That's the way the demographics are settling out here. So

00:01:24.580 leaders have to come to town with a real plan, not a fake one, a real plan on what they're going to do

00:01:30.300 and voters are keeping track and they are taking count. What is it you're seeing and I know you're

00:01:35.280 out of politics now so I'm putting you on the spot here but what are you seeing in the conservative

00:01:38.560 platform this time around that you think is going to resonate and is going to hit on those nerves for

00:01:43.640 Atlantic voters? What I see is I see that there's policy being rolled out every single day and not

00:01:51.440 a day goes by when you aren't hearing a fresh new idea. Now you may not like the idea but it's fresh

00:01:57.040 it's new and people understand that there is a plan and that the plan is being executed on and what

00:02:02.400 people see is discipline and when you see discipline and you see execution you have confidence in the

00:02:08.180 leader and that's what this is all about. Trudeau has made this election about him and Mr. O'Toole is

00:02:13.580 doing a really good job showing that there is an alternative and the alternative is Aaron O'Toole

00:02:17.280 and the Conservative Party of Canada. Thanks for listening to the Andrew Lawton Show.

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Juno News - September 04, 2021