campaigns, in A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 23, 2005 SKEENA BULKLEY NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who earned a reputation as a door knocker in his 2004 federal "election win, says he’s ready to do it again in’ what looks” to be-a certain winter cam- . ‘paign. “T've got my toque, _ gloves and a big, down jack- et. I’ll be doing just as much door knocking’ 4s before,” ‘said Cullen last week.: ‘Cullen said that if the fj government is defeated this ‘month as expected; elec- tion day cotild be. sometime _ the second or. third week of January. He’s anticipating that all parties will take a break over the Christmas holidays. “I. don't think people * want to talk politics at least for.a few days during Christ- mas,” Cullen added. That sets the stage for two ing up to Christmas and the _ period ‘afterward leading up "to the election day, the e MP. “continued. Cullen’s * “NDP. caucus withdrew its support of the "Liberal minority government after it failed to get what it considered to be enough as- _ surances from the: govern- . ment ‘that it would stop. the - growth of private health care and cut.waiting lists. ~..° But» NDP leader Jack . Layton then tried to con-— "vince the Liberals to finish up'in an-orderly fashion be- - fore Christmas and then call | an election in January which ‘would lead to a February " voting day. ; “We ‘tried » but failed, ” said Cullen. “There’s a ma- . ‘chismo attitude among the . Liberals. They’re daring us _ to'have an election. They’ re acting like school yard bul- _ "ies. It’s disappointing.” _.““We’ve been saying let’s negotiate but they aren’t lis- tening. I’m beginning to lose my respect for some [cabi- net] ministers who otherwise , ‘are. decent people.” . risks losing legislation such as a bill to provide relief to low income people: from high energy prices and a bill that would provide workers of companies that have gone under with financial assis- tance. Cullen said hell be run- ning on his record and on the federal Liberal failure to FEWER PEOPLE. voted in Skeena in this year’s provincial election did in 2001, show figures released. last’ week by Elections B.C. — Although the non-parti- . san agency's numbers show that more people voted in ’ the May 2004 across B.C. than in any other previous election. the Skeena voter. turnout of 13,349 in May 2001 dropped to 12,902 in May 2005. And that came despite an increase in the number of registered vot- ers from 18,506 in 2001 to 20,638 in 2005. In percentage terms, the May 2005 turn out was — 62.52 per cent compared to 72.13 per cent in May 2001. percentage Still, the the -one lead- - than ‘Nathan Cullen adequately govern. Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Skee- na-Bulkley Mike Scott says’ ‘he'll focus on Cullen and what he calls the NDP's anti-development position. “I believe the north- west has a lot of . potential and we’re going to see that . potential be realized with - developments such as the port in Prince Rupert.” said Scott. “But T don’t think that . potential will be realized through the NDP. I don’t _know Mr. Cullen personally but I do know the NDP is. anti-development, it’s .anti- oil and gas and it’s anti-min- ing,” Scott continued. “Nathan Cullen repre- sents a party whose econom- ic ideas are unworkable and every ‘time they’ve seized "power provincially, we've seen that.” -Scott’s no stranger to fed- eral politics because he. was first the Reform’ party MP and then the Canadian Alli- ance MP for the old Skeena a ‘ riding, winning the elections of 1993 and 1997. He decid- - ed not to run again in 2000. Scott, now the owner with | “his wife of a road- building and paving company, was nominated in early summer at a time when it looked as if Paul Martin’s Liberal gov- ernment would be defeated “An. early election ‘G all ‘in a-non-confidence motion. “T really believe the Lib- erals lost the moral: authority to govern at that time, ‘when ‘the first Gomery revela- _ tions were coming out.” Scott. . Said “The Liberals have been clinging to power these past six months.” Like Cullen, Scott doubts he’ll be campaigning over the Christmas holidays. turnout in Skeena this May ‘was higher than the provin- cial figure of 58.19 per cent which meant that 1,774,269 people turned out to vote. Elections B.C. reported that 1,599, 765 voters voted in the 2001 provincial gen- eral election and 1,739,999 voted in. the 2004. federal general election. The agency conducted an ' _ extensive campaign through- out the province to_encour- -age people to register and then to vote in an attempt to reverse declining turnouts. “We are pleased to see a reversal of the decline in voter participation that oc-— curred in our province over the past two decades,” said 'B.C.’s Chief Electoral. Officer Harry Parties gearing up for winter election | Rod Taylor Federal Liberals don’t have a candidate yet but- they'll quickly put the wheels: in motion as soon as it is clear there will be an election, says Dave Mc- Guigan, the president of the party’s Skeena-Bulkley con- " §tituency association. Several people have al- ready taken out nomination -papers but.they must first be checked out and approved . by.a party committee before officially being.accepted as - candidates. . . “Like any other party, there’s a process that must first be: followed,” Said: Mc- ‘Guigan. The Liberals ran Haida leader Miles Richardson in 2004 but he’s not expected to mun again. The Christian Heritage Party has already chosen its candidate. Rod Taylor, a mill manager from Smith- -ers, also'ran in 2004. He’s touring the area this week with party leader Ron Gray. Cullen's 2004 win came at the expense of Andy Bur- ton who replaced Scott as the Canadian Alliance MP by winning the 2000 elec- tion here. 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