According to Liberal MP Wayne Easter he is exactly that, a target....a political target that is. As Prime Minister Harper makes a stops in PEI this week Easter believes Harper wants him to be defeated in order to make his riding in Malpeque a conservative riding when the next election is called. This might be some heavy speculation but it makes sense after all, this is politics.
If Harper plans on the conservatives winning this riding next time, he has his work cut out for him. Easter has been the MP for the area since 1993. It is clear that the people in the area have built up a lot of trust and familiarity with their representative. Easter however believes, amid his speculation, for this to be true primarily because,
"I've stood up against this prime minister over some of the things he tried to do in agriculture, and I've stood up for my constituents,"
In the argiculture based riding of Malpeque, Easter went on to say that,
"Stephen Harper is going to gun for a majority, but just because they target a riding doesn't mean they get it"
For the record, MP Wayne Easter will be running against his conservative counterpart, Tim Ogilvie, among others.
The main question remain however, when the election is called, who will be voted off the island?
For more check: CBC.ca
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