The following letter was written May 15 by MP Larry Miller to Peace and Justice Grey Bruce in response to their query.
May 15, 2015
Peace and Justice Grey Bruce
Dear Sir or Madam:
Thank you for your recent correspondence with regards to the missing persons' and murder investigation of Delores Brower.
Four federal parties out of five are talking about changing our electoral system. Peace and Justice Grey Bruce will be holding an evening of discussion and information about electoral reform in Canada on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7 pm at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library.
Discussion topics will include: why change? what systems are being considered? what is proportional representation? and how will this affect the voter? Representatives from Fair Vote Canada, an organization that has advocated proportional representation for 15 years, will make a presentation and answer questions.
Two local federal candidates, ...
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"Anti-democratic." That is what Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound NDP candidate David McLaren called MP Larry Miller's refusal to participate in all-candidates' debates. "It is not merely un-democratic, but anti-democratic to evade a public discussion of the important issues," said McLaren in a phone interview on his way to a speaking engagement.
McLaren was responding to Miller's media release explaining why he had turned down an invitation by the Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce to a televised all candidates meeting on October 1. In the release Miller said this has been his position since the 2011 election,
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It looks like we may have our first federal election on the third Monday of October since the date for federal elections was fixed in the Elections Act to "prevent governments from calling snap elections for short-term political advantage" (Stephen Harper, May 2006).
That must be how the Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is calling it, because they have issued a media release about a two-hour All Candidates Meeting on October 1 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, to be broadcast on Rogers TV.
The incumbent, MP Larry Miller, has politely declined the invitation to participate, at least if the format remains unchanged from 2011.
The text of his letter to the Chamber Manager, Bert Loopstra, is as follows:
More types of off-road vehicles (ORVs) and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) will have increased on-road access in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound thanks to rule changes introduced by the Ontario government.
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