This October 19th, Vote As If Our Future Depends On It – Vote For The Candidate In Your Riding Who Can Defeat The Harper Conservative!

A Message from NAL publisher Doug Draper

Four more years of Stephen Harper at the helm? Is that really what most of us want in this country?

I refuse to believe that.

If you agree with me that four more years of Harper running Canada like a dictator would be a disaster for our health and prosperity as a nation, and our standing as an environmental leader and peace maker in the world, don’t be complacent.

Remember that it only took 39 per cent of the popular vote, split the wrong way in key ridings across the country to deliver Harper a majority in the 2011 federal election, and some of the polls that have come out over the first few days of this October are scary.

Tom Muclair’s NDP – only a month ago looking like the frontrunner – has slipped behind, and the Liberals and Conservatives are leading in a statistical tie, with either party in a position to surge ahead. And if and when one of them does, there is practically no time left for any of the others to catch up.

Harper can probably count on most, if not all of his hardcore base of supporters turning out for the poll that counts the most – the one on election day. And if the past two or three federal elections serve as examples, it would also serve Harper well if significant numbers of the rest of us, including younger people, don’t go out to vote at all.

So do your best to find out which candidate in your riding is in the best position to beat the Harper Conservative and get out there on October 19^th (or find out when and where to can cast your ballot early in your riding) and vote!

Now here is another in a series of ‘Stop Harper’ images produced for us by Niagara, Ontario artist Julia Blushak.

Julia Blushak is a communications and community developer with interests that range from social change, creativity, recovery and mindfulness practices. Julia’s PaperFang editorial illustrations work in the corporate and not for profit sectors, as well as for newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, The Hamilton Spectator, and numerous magazines and journals. For more information visit |  www.paperfang.com    |    facebook – Julia Blushak

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