Juno News - October 22, 2019Ralph Goodale loses seat in Regina—Wascana
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Summary
Ralph Goodale, a longtime member of Parliament, former finance minister, former public safety minister, and the current minister, was defeated by Michael Cram in the Conservative primary by a significant margin. Andrew Lawton explains why.
Transcript
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At an otherwise sullen night at the Conservative Party of Canada's campaign
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headquarters, one of the big victories embraced by the people here in Regina has
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been the defeat of Ralph Goodale, the longtime member of Parliament, former
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finance minister, public safety minister, and the current ministry, defeated by
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Michael Cram by a significant margin. Now first off, Ralph Goodale in his concession
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speech gave a very gracious and classy message. He thanked the people that have
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supported him all these years. He gave his congratulations to Michael Cram and
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wished him well. But the thing with Ralph Goodale, which is important to note here,
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is that he had to be the point man on Justin Trudeau's attempts to go after
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gun owners. Ralph Goodale, who represents a riding that has a rural component, that
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has gun owners. Ralph Goodale, who knows about gun ownership and the rural
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community issues, had to be the guy who sold the Justin Trudeau urban-focused
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gun-grabbing narrative, just as Bill Blair did in Toronto and nationwide. And I'm not
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saying that gun control was the singular issue that got Ralph Goodale ejected from
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office. There were other components there. Generally speaking, a Western
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dissatisfaction with Justin Trudeau. You have to remember, Ralph Goodale has often been
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the only Liberal represented in Saskatchewan, but Goodale is a casualty of what has
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increasingly been Justin Trudeau's alienation of those who aren't in the
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major cities. In his campaign, he was exclusively, it seemed like, campaigning in
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Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal and the communities around there. He gave a stop
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to Alberta to do an 11 p.m. rally. He did basically no time outside of the big
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cities. And Ralph Goodale, a guy who is otherwise well-liked by his constituents or has
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been for the last two decades, is on his way out of office as a result. Now, I'm not
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going to jump up and down and dance on the grave of his political career. I thank him
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for his service as I would to anyone. But it proves that you cannot turn your back on
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your constituents and your province just because that's what the leader of your party has decided
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to do. For True North, from Regina, I'm Andrew Lawton.