2 ridings down...17 to go
Belleville was great. We had lunch at the Bohemian Penguin. Very chic and a must try. It was much better than the can of cocktail weenies that Richard wanted to grab at a small gas station outside of Kingston.
Richard also tried to stop at a gas station that was literally a house with a gas pump on the front lawn. It was the cob webs in the nozzle that made him clue in that there may be no service...
The coffee/lunch was a nice gathering of local liberals where Scott and the members engaged in discussions. Scott, being the only rurual candidate in the race has a great understanding of small town Canada. The dicussions ranged from tax policy to foreign policy and it was much more of a dialog than a speech. Scott noted, 'if we are going to win the next election, we need to earn the votes in small and rural Canada.'
Side note: Since conferation, the riding of Kings Hants has only gone Liberal once before Scott. Since then, Scott has won it twice as a Liberal. He doubled the history!
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posted by Sarah Wong at 1:41 PM
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As a sometimes Maritimer who has lived around, urban and rural, I have to say, however, that winning as a Liberal in Nova Scotia PC terrirory is an entirely different operation than winning as one in rural Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, BC, Alberta, etc, etc.
It's one thing to say you're from a rural area. It's another to prove you have a pan-Canadian vision for the country. I'm not saying Scott doesn't, but many of the candidates in this race have lived in rural and urban areas during their lifetimes and have just as strong an understanding of both.
from a pseudo-kingstonite... not eating anything from a kingston gas station was probably a good call ;)
enjoy the rest of tour :D
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