Canada Needs More Independent Candidates

We’ve already met Bill Casey of Nova Scotia…now meetandre-arthur2 Andre Arthur of Quebec. He’s the independent member of parliament for Port Neuf-Jacques Cartier.

Andre ran a low-budget campaignin 2008 and emphasized the downside of being a member of a political party.

He says that Parliament exists mainly to serve the political parties and not to serve the voters of Canada.

“If I was a member of a party, I would be a member of a caucus. There would be secrets there and strategies and things like that…”He points out that the party system prevents M.P.’s from being honest with the public.

“I am totally free. I can do whatever I want, and I can serve my riding with any talents that I may have.”

We all need to learn more about how our parliament and our government can work better.

Watch for an independent candidate in your riding.

Learn more about how the parliamentary system works.

more info on Andre Arthur

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Jim Reed Journalist (ret) Formerly Host and senior Correspondent for CTV's W5 Gemini Award Winner
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0 Responses to Canada Needs More Independent Candidates

  1. Thanks for promoting awareness of independent candidates. Please share this site (http://www.independentcandidates.ca) which is for the purpose of the: education and motivation of Independent Candidates.

    John Richardson – Toronto, Canada

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