Perth Wellington New Democrats will select their candidate for the federal election on Jan. 4.
A nomination meeting is being held in conjunction with the NDP riding association’s annual meeting at the Kiwanis Centre in Stratford.
The only declared candidate at press time is Stratford broadcaster Ethan Rabidoux, who served in the Canadian Forces for three years and has been a radio personality on CJCS 1240 and FM 107.7.
In a press release, Rabidoux took aim at both Liberal and Conservative opponents.
“I was a member of the old Progressive Conservative party for many years,” Rabidoux says. “That party is dead and gone. There is nothing conservative about the Harper government and there is nothing today’s ‘Conservative’ party preaches that it actually practices.”
On the Liberals, he says, “It was the Liberal Party of Canada that first gutted health care, Veterans Affairs, pensions, VIA Rail and many other services in the mid-90s all while slashing corporate taxes every year.”
Rabidoux was born and raised in Stratford. He earned his BA (honours) in political studies from Queen’s University and his MA in journalism from Western University. He’s an award winning writer and broadcaster, vice-chair of the Perth County Crime Stoppers, a board member of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, a member of the organizing committee for Stratford Winterfest and a volunteer at the local community food centre.
More information can be found at www.voteethan.com or at Rabidoux’s professional website www.ethanrabidoux.com.
