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Canadian Armed Forces airdrop 21,600 pounds of humanitarian aid into Gaza
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Vancouver Sun
12 hours ago
- Vancouver Sun
Canadian Armed Forces airdrop aid to Palestinians in Gaza
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Calgary Herald
21 hours ago
- Calgary Herald
Summer reading: How a Liberal toppled Pierre Poilievre and won Carleton riding
Article content Also? Most candidates on the ballot don't win their campaign. Only one person per riding does. All the others, who work just as hard as the winners, go back to their previous lives and never go near that parliamentary pension. Article content I've covered politics for well over 20 years, and in my experience, most people get into it to serve. They have ideas they want to put forward and causes to champion. They have benefited from the community and want to give back. Some may think a stint as an MP will look great on their resume (it would), but they are primarily concerned with how to be of service to others. Article content Whatever the reasons to become a politician, laziness is not among them. Members of Parliament work hard, most of the time very far away from home. I'm not trying to make them sound like they need pity or anything, simply pointing out that while the pay is good once you do get elected, the work is arduous. It's a job. Article content Article content Why would someone like Bruce Fanjoy, recently retired from a successful career in the private sector, launch himself into a fight against the most difficult and unpleasant politician we've seen in this country in a very long time? Article content You have to go out and meet people, some of whom want nothing to do with you. This was especially true for Fanjoy in 2023 and 2024, when the federal Liberals had ceased being popular, and I'm trying to be nice when I put it that way. Article content I went to a few events with him and his wife Donna in the summer of 2023. The first one was Canada Day, at Claudette Cain Park in Riverside South. Bruce would introduce himself and offer a card with his photo, basic information, and the website his brother Stephen had set up for his campaign. Article content By that point it had been nearly two years since the September 2021 general election which had returned the second Liberal minority — the first minority being in 2019. By 2023, after the pandemic, the bloom was off the Trudeau rose. Article content Article content As I walked behind the Fanjoys, camera in hand, I saw many people stiffening up when they realized the smiling man was hoping to run for Team Trudeau. A few refused to have anything to do with a Liberal, but they did so politely. Most of the people we met reacted with a surprised chuckle. 'Wow,' they seemed to think. 'You're either very brave or slightly off your rocker.' Article content Canada Day is not a political rally, so Fanjoy was careful to keep interactions short, especially when the people he was talking to had children and were preoccupied with picnics more than politics. A few people offered kind words of encouragement and a couple thanked him for proposing an alternative to the Conservatives. Article content For over two years, Bruce Fanjoy has gone out in his community every day to meet people. He repeated his story thousands upon thousands of times. Who he is, what he believes in, and how what he's done in his life up to that point will help him unseat Poilievre, and give the people of Carleton the kind of federal representation they deserve. Article content He was also clear and transparent with the people he met that he was doing it to put a serious dent in the toxicity that's taken over the Conservative party since the trucker wing elected the only leadership candidate who openly supported them. Article content Even though he'd been involved in his community for many years, as a hockey dad, an activist and a board member of Bike Ottawa, the exercise of knocking on doors was a powerful lesson in humility as Fanjoy discovered how many people had no sweet clue who he was. Eventually, word of mouth started doing what it does best and when people opened their door, they would exclaim things like, 'Oh! It's you! I was wondering when you'd show up!' Article content Politics can be more ungrateful than the worst teenager. But it can also be rewarding. One of the most memorable people Fanjoy encountered early in his campaign was a person who moved to Canada many years ago and was a permanent resident but not a citizen yet, because they'd never taken that final step. That person went through the process and officially became a Canadian citizen a few months after meeting Bruce Fanjoy, just so they could vote for him. Article content The polling aggregator 338Canada has consistently shown (Carleton) riding as Conservative blue. Fair enough, I guess, until a stunning upset at the ballot box. Article content When I first chatted with Fanjoy about the possibility of running against Poilievre, I thought his odds weren't exceptionally good, but I knew they were better than the polls would suggest. Article content I had a few reasons for thinking that. First and foremost, the occupation of Ottawa … suffice to say for now that for most people in the Ottawa area, the occupation of our downtown was an affront we won't forget anytime soon. Article content Another reason is that while the Trudeau Liberals had outstayed their welcome, most Canadians did not appreciate Poilievre's tone, and plenty of voters worried he would be ideologically too far to the right. Article content You'd be amazed to hear how many variations there are of 'You're wasting your time' and Bruce Fanjoy has heard every single one of them. But in a democracy, campaigning to offer voters a choice is never a waste of time. Article content Article content The funny thing is, the more doors he knocked on, the more convinced he became that what the poll aggregators were saying about Carleton was not a true refection of what the voters of Carleton said when he took the time to listen to them. Article content Article content I am working my way through Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream for the first time ever, after a dear friend and great writer recommended it. Growing up in French-speaking Quebec, we didn't overly study this author, and discovering him in my 50s is … eye-opening. I appreciate his economy of words in dialogue, and the love story he has so much difficulty acknowledging. Pairs well with a glass of rosé around dinner time. Article content
