Juno News - September 04, 2021


Lisa Raitt says Conservative breakthrough in Atlantic Canada is possible


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In this episode of the Andrew Lawton Show, host Andrew Loney sits down with former Conservative MP and former MP for the riding of Nova Scotia, Peterborough County, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Andrew McLaughlin. Andrew and Andrew discuss the reasons why the Tories are doing so well in Atlantic Canada and why they should be worried about what's happening in the rest of the country.

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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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