OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair took his fight against the Conservatives straight into Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s back yard Friday, hoping perhaps to add a bit of spit and polish to the NDP’s less-than-stellar credentials as guardians of the public purse.
Stephen Harper returned the favour, sort of, by travelling to the Northwest Territories — a seat the NDP has held since 2006 — armed with his reputed soft spot for the North and a promise to pave a key highway.
Mulcair said Andrew Thomson would carry the orange banner to challenge Oliver in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, saying he’d take Thomson’s record …read more
Source: National Newswatch
