Paul Martin's designation of a Liberal candidate in Brampton puts
in doubt his sincerity, a would-be Liberal candidate said yesterday.
"For me, it says to me they have a very
difficult time keeping promises," Andrew Kania told the CTV program
Question Period yesterday.
Kania said that he had initially been told he could
not run as a Liberal in Brampton Springdale.
"Mr. Karl Littler, the Ontario campaign manager, specifically said to
me I would not be allowed to succeed in that
riding because I was John Manley's Ontario co-chair," he said.
"I appealed to the prime minister ... and he approved
me as a candidate."
The approval did not last long.
On Saturday, the Liberal party announced that Ruby Dhalla, a
chiropractor and longtime Liberal activist, would be the party's candidate.
The controversy has underlined the contradiction between Prime Minister Paul
Martin's position earlier in the year and his recent actions,
and the tension between his constant complaints about a democratic
deficit in Parliament and his desire to name star candidates. Source.
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