[Center of Québec and Eastern Townships - 15 - Party Post] Mr. Oracle gives stirring speech at NDP Rally

Mr. Oracle stands on the stage with banners like building the future and a country that works for everyone.

This by-election is not just another election, it is a referendum on this government, a government that has failed on the basic tenants on public life and leadership, the Conservatives think they can win by saying nothing and spin half truths as policy. But I know this community knows better, I know that you the voters of Centre of Quebec and Eastern Townships know better and you will be willing to stand up and be counted when it comes to election day tomorrow.

Let's not kid ourselves The PPC candidate is no good either, they used to be a backbench MP for this shambles of a government and they betrayed their voters in Toronto to join the PPC, just to chase the fringe and even worse they were caught illegally trespassing, breaking the laws on the worksites they now claim to defend, they want to talk about Freedom, but freedom for who ?, certainly not the self-employed who can lose contracts for their candidates wreckless stunts or what about the LGBTQ Community who they want to throw in prison just for loving someone else ?. Or how about the veteran's they once wrapped their medals and flags around just to abandon them when the time came to give them healthcare ?.

We in the NDP offer something different, a politics of dignity and truth no matter how difficult it is, we will force transparency to the highest levels, we will enshrine gender rights in Federal Law, and we will end the idea that tax cuts are the only way to stop economic hardship, because dignity doesn't trickle down, it's built from the ground up.

All the PPC have to offer is fear, and protests, they don't actually want to get anything done on government because they don't think they will be able to benefit from it, they want to be able to about from the sidelines, screaming in the faces of LGBTQ Community or offering false hope to the self employed by saying immigration will lower their taxes when in reality that won't happen.

Yes I understand that in the short-lived coalition government we made mistakes, but unlike the Tories, we always stood up for our principles, and even when they told us to reverse a decision that would only benefit them we stood up and told them no and walked away, only we can say we still have integrity left in our party because we showed it everytime we have been asked to show up in government.

But let's look at the facts, the right wing are divided they couldn't settle on a single candidate between them and they are actively campaigning against each other, which means if your a liberal support or a communist member, we ask that you lend us your vote in this election, because only together can we beat the right, because for far too long they have divided our country for their personal benefit, and we must now come together and fix that and provide stability for all Canadians.

So remember tomorrow, you have a choice between slogans, and solutions, lawbreakers and lawmaker's and between those who shout on the rooftop's and those who build the houses beneath the shouting. I am not here to seel you a dream, I am here to help build your future, rooted in a country that works for everyone.

So I'm asking you all directly, tomorrow get out and vote for Mr. Laffer tomorrow and hold both the PPC and the Tories accountable and show them that you can't be cornered into a false choice between one bad party or the other, because only the NDP will truly stand up for what it right, and you have seen this time after time again.

Thank you and God bless Québec !!!