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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 6 Meet your Oakville candidates For profiles of the new Oakville-North Burlington riding, see next Thursday's Spotlight Spotlight "Connected to your Community" Election Day is Oct. 19 John Oliver Liberal by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Terence Young Conservative After two terms in of ce, Oakville Conservative candidate Terence Young is seeking a third, stating he still has plenty of work to do for his constituents. Young was elected MP for Oakville in 2008, and it's a job he says he truly loves. "I love working for the people of Oakville in Parliament," he said. "I love the challenges. I love when I can help people in my constituency of ce. Every day is different. I do have unnished work I want to continue and it is the work of Terence Young the people of Oakville." Young said many important issues are front-and-centre this election. Among the most important, he said, is the economy, which Young believes will be devastated by debt and de cits if the Liberals are elected. Canadians wouldn't fare any better economically with an NDP government, said Young, who is calling on residents to remember the unemployment, debt, tax and welfare levels under Ontario's NDP government. "Under our government, Canadians have the lowest taxes in 50 years, both personal and business," said Young. "Prime Minister Harper led us through the great recession and we came out better than any of the other comparable nations in the G7 with 1.3 million new jobs, a balanced budget and we have signed trade agreements with 44 new countries that will help our nation grow in the future with trade," said the Conservative candidate. see Terence Young on p.12 The man who was the driving force behind the new Oakville hospital is asking residents to make him a force for change in Ottawa. Oakville Liberal candidate John Oliver wants to be MP for the Oakville riding and pointed to his 20-year tenure as president and CEO of Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) as an example of what he can do. "When I started at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital back in 1995, it had about a $40-million-ayear budget and about 1,000 employees," said Oliver. "When I left John Oliver last summer to take this on, it had about a $300-million-a-year budget with just under 3,000 employees. It also has a signi cant for-pro t program now. We were generating about $50 million in revenues outside of government transfer payments." Oliver said he is a passionate supporter of Canada's universal healthcare system and listed the Canadian way of taking care of each other during times of sickness or injury as a big part of who we are. He said he is running for of ce because he feels there has been a lack of federal leadership in the area of health care over the last decade and voiced concerns about the funding and maintaining of the principles of the health system. Oliver noted the state of the economy has also prompted him to run. "I have two adult children who have been unable to nd work. I saw lots of their 20-something friends nishing university with big debts who couldn't nd work in this economy. There see John Oliver on p.15 Che Marville built healthier workplaces through her work as head of her own consulting agency and now the Oakville NDP candidate is asking voters to let her help build a healthier and better Canada. The 13-year resident of Oakville said she is running to be MP for the Oakville riding because she wants to stand up for the community and for democracy. In her doorknocking, Marville said she has found that many people are distrustful of politics and politicians. She noted the Che Marville current government is not engaging people in the democratic process, something she feels needs to change. "Democracy should be about advocating for other human beings and creating a more equal and fair society," she said. "That's not easy. It is an ongoing process. The more people you have engaged in a democracy, the healthier it is, but the more complicated it becomes as well...We have a healthy democracy and it is at-risk when the citizens are not participating in it." With 30 years of experience in the volunteer sector, which began when she was age 13, Marville said she is no stranger to helping those in need. She said she would continue this work as MP , noting while Oakville is known as an afuent community, there are many here who are struggling. "There are seniors who have been here for 40, 50, 60 years. They own their home, but they can't afford to eat, they can't afford to pay see Che Marville on p.17 Che Marville NDP Oakville's Green Party candidate David Doel wants residents to stay away from strategic voting and to support his party if they agree with its message. The self-employed video producer, manager and writer from Oakville said he has repeatedly heard residents say they love the Green Party, but that it is not going to win, so they won't be voting for it. That's the wrong attitude, says Doel. "If everyone who said or thought that actually voted for the Green Party, I think we would have a lot more David Doel seats," he said. "There is strong support for the Green Party out there, but we end up either losing votes to others or the votes don't come in because people think we don't have a chance, so they don't even bother voting. My hope is that those who are supportive of the Green Party will actually come out and vote because every little bit helps. Every election where we gain a little ground helps us for the next election." Doel said he kind of fell into being the Oakville riding's Green Party candidate. He said he has been interested in politics for some time, but never felt the policies of the Liberals or NDP completely represented him. The former Sheridan College student said he was impressed by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May's performance during the rst leaders' debate in early August. Soon after, he checked to see who the Green Party candidate was in Oakville and found there wasn't one. "I sent an email out and a couple of weeks later ended up being the candidate," said Doel. see David Doel on p.25 NEIL OLIVER Vice ­President and Group Publisher DAVID HARVEY Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Halton Region Editor in Chief David Doel Green Volume 53 | Number 76 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington (905) 845-3824 Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. 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