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Windsor West Conservatives erect billboard thank former PM Harper for securing new bridge · Kvetch & Release

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  Speaker 1: I thought we were just coming in with a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of asive face, because like it's a Friday and
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  Speaker 1: we're having fun. But producer Lexi here is tying the
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  Speaker 1: music to the segments. Because if you have been driving
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  Speaker 1: on Sandwich, I gotta I'm just again, LEXI just ten
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  Speaker 1: out of ten on that. I was trying to figure out,
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  Speaker 1: why take the vow? So if you're driving on Sandwich
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  Speaker 1: Street and you're near you know where that Tim Hortons is,
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  Speaker 1: near the armories, you'll notice there's a new billboard that's
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  Speaker 1: up and it's got the face of a very recognizable person.
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  Speaker 1: You'll remember him that. I'll just read it first though.
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  Speaker 1: It says thank you Stephen Harper for our new bridge.
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  Speaker 1: It's got a photograph of the Gordy How connected now
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Harper's face, former Prime Minister right in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of it. Why what is this sign up joining me
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  Speaker 1: to discuss? Is the man who went and put it
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  Speaker 1: up himself. He dug the holes, he put the posts in,
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  Speaker 1: he put up the board. Al Ta Shuba is the
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  Speaker 1: president of the Windsor West Conservative Riding Association.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing very good? Thanks for having me John.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you it was an entirely windsor west
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  Speaker 2: board decision that we did a couple months ago. It
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  Speaker 2: took time to find the location, negotiate the location, design it.
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  Speaker 2: We had lots of help and approvals all the way through,
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  Speaker 2: and we're very, very happy it's up. It's only gonna
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  Speaker 2: be up for like four weeks, and with all the
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  Speaker 2: costs in there, it's like one hundred dollars a day.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I would recommend everyone go down and take
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  Speaker 2: your picture next to it. It's like in the perfect location.
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  Speaker 2: Like this is the most iconic billboard in the city.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, it is the most beautiful billboard. It has
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  Speaker 2: a forty five megapixel drone picture right that we paid
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  Speaker 2: for right for the right in the river and taking
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  Speaker 2: a span of both towers, the Canadian and American side
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  Speaker 2: spanning was a beautiful day when the picture was take,
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  Speaker 2: and the location as such that you can actually angle
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  Speaker 2: yourself and actually have the actual bridge in the background,
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  Speaker 2: so you get the best of both worlds. You get
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  Speaker 2: the best of both worlds. Yes, so why go put
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  Speaker 2: this up?
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  Speaker 1: Why now? Why is it important for you to have
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  Speaker 1: a sign here that's thanking our former Prime Minister Stephen.
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  Speaker 2: Harper Well I mean it's obviously a great tribute to
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister Harper, but very very well deserved. I mean
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister Harper was the man that stick handled the
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  Speaker 2: entire deal. He was Prime Minister during the time of
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  Speaker 2: getting the funding for the bridge, negotiating the deal with
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  Speaker 2: the Americans, both on the state level and the federal level,
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  Speaker 2: which wasn't easy. Don't forget Michigan was kind of broke
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  Speaker 2: at the time, and he had to negotiate the deal
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  Speaker 2: to get the funding to pay the entire bridge and
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  Speaker 2: then get the tolls to reimburse. That's a complicated deal.
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  Speaker 2: Then you've got people with competing interests didn't want the
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  Speaker 2: bridge and putting lawsuits and so forth. You have to
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  Speaker 2: overcome those obstacles. And this is all stick handled by
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister Harper in his leadership. I mean, he's a
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  Speaker 2: brilliant man, masters of economics, worked out the numbers, got
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  Speaker 2: the funding, and this was supported by the Conservatives, the
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  Speaker 2: Liberals in the NDP in a lot of cases voted
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  Speaker 2: against the funding, including the NDP. So this is the
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  Speaker 2: the proper gratitude is for the vision, the funding, the planning,
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  Speaker 2: and it's Prime Minister's leadership and people know it, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we'll talk about the name as well, which
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  Speaker 2: is incredible, which was Harper's vision as well. But the
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  Speaker 2: stickhandling credit ghosts were deserves and it is Prime Minister Harper.
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  Speaker 2: He's coming to town on August eighth. So we have
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  Speaker 2: a four week agreement and we want to thank ck
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  Speaker 2: Mechanical for letting us tie into their one year contract
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  Speaker 2: with the billboard that we were able to do it
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  Speaker 2: because I only wanted this location. I drove around. I
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  Speaker 2: was like, I need the bridge in the background age.
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  Speaker 2: It's got to be. You got to be able to
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  Speaker 2: see the billboard and the backdrop. And people are going there,
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  Speaker 2: they're taking pictures. Put it on Facebook. It's exciting. You
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  Speaker 2: only got a few weeks left, So go there, maybe
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  Speaker 2: have a coffee at the Tim Hortons, Go on the
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  Speaker 2: sidewalk there, take a nice picture. It's iconic. You ever
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  Speaker 2: see those iconic pictures of when the Ambassador Bridge was
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  Speaker 2: just being built. You know, it was like a one
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  Speaker 2: hundred year This is it. This is like you to
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  Speaker 2: leave your legacy. Okay, plus also have the billboard at
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  Speaker 2: the same time. I think it's fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be one of those markers in time.
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  Speaker 1: There won't be a time when the bridge is being
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  Speaker 1: you know, finishing up construction and being opened again. In
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  Speaker 1: this billboard there is a nice, little special touch to it.
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  Speaker 1: I remember the day back in twenty fifteen. It was
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  Speaker 1: it was a gorgeous May day. We were all down
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  Speaker 1: at the riverfront and it was when former Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Harper and at the time former Governor of Michigan Rick
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  Speaker 1: Snyder there and everyone's going, what's the name of this
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  Speaker 1: thing going to be? What's it going to be? And
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  Speaker 1: then we found out that Governor Snyder said he thought
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  Speaker 1: Gordy how would be a great name, and I said, yeah, yes,
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  Speaker 1: And that's that's how it all happened.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Prime Minister Harper is a big hockey. Buffy is
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  Speaker 2: a historian and wrote a book. And you got mister
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  Speaker 2: hockey himself, Gordy Howe, who was Canadian, played for the
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  Speaker 2: Detroit Red Wings, practiced in Windsor. There's that camaraderie. Think
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  Speaker 2: about hockey, you think about sportsmanship, friendship, the relationship that
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  Speaker 2: you have between Windsor and Detroit going back for decades.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's mister hockey, it's Gordy how and the
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  Speaker 2: name will live on forever, and it was a wonderful tribute. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know when we had to fight for the last
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  Speaker 2: few years to make sure that it stayed Gordy How.
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  Speaker 2: I know, we had a couple of convention we had
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  Speaker 2: letter writing campaigns to make sure that it was We
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  Speaker 2: also wanted to make sure that the bridge was built
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  Speaker 2: on time. And even though it's being you know, opened
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  Speaker 2: approximately October twenty twenty five, as soon as the Liberals
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  Speaker 2: got in power in twenty fifteen, the first thing they
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  Speaker 2: did was delay it by three years. So this could
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  Speaker 2: have been built even sooner, especially with all the negotiations
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  Speaker 2: stick handling.
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  Speaker 1: It was supposed to open up in twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and then well, I mean two years for COVID.
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  Speaker 1: COVID happened and things. But how we are twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: four now and it's still not till twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean imagine if there wasn't that delay, probably
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  Speaker 2: be open already. So we lost like five years. So
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if the Conservatives were in I believe it
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  Speaker 2: would have been open already twenty twenty. But thank goodness,
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  Speaker 2: it's being open next year. Credit is on the Conservative
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  Speaker 2: government and definitely Prime Minister Harper. There was a lot
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  Speaker 2: of negotia. You talked about the negotiation for the hostages,
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  Speaker 2: which is fantastic that it worked out. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: negotiation with every level of government, both American and Canadian,
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  Speaker 2: the local government, the lawsuits, the land, the expropriation. You
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  Speaker 2: had to negotiate paying fifty percent with the provincial government
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  Speaker 2: for the roadway, and Harper negotiated all all through his
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  Speaker 2: government and it just got done. I don't think any
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  Speaker 2: other leader could have done it as well.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe maybe Gordy how could have stick handled it as well.
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  Speaker 1: It's good, not too terrible.
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  Speaker 2: On my verbele find some hockey music.
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  Speaker 1: So okay, well, people can check out this billboard. It
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  Speaker 1: is on Sandwich Street, right near our armories and at
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  Speaker 1: that Tim Horton's right there. But you know, okay, we
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  Speaker 1: can't have you come on without talking politics just a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. Obviously, you guys are in the process of
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  Speaker 1: getting to the point where someone's going to be nominated
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  Speaker 1: in Windsor West. What's it looking like just right now?
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  Speaker 1: I know that you can't go revealing and spilling the
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  Speaker 1: tea about who some of the people may be.
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  Speaker 2: But how's the The process is very open and transparent
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  Speaker 2: with regards to what the process is. I'm on the CNC,
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  Speaker 2: which is Candidate Nominating Committee. As president, I as signed
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  Speaker 2: neutrality to me. I just want to make sure the
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  Speaker 2: process is fair. We've had I think about ten people
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  Speaker 2: ten eleven people step forward seeking an application to be
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  Speaker 2: the nominee, where headquarters would then give them the application
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  Speaker 2: to do so, and then they would be vetted and
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  Speaker 2: then if they get approved by headquarters, then it would
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  Speaker 2: be a nominee. They would get the list of the members,
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  Speaker 2: plus they could sign up their own members, and then
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  Speaker 2: somewhere down the road, hopefully by the end of the year,
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  Speaker 2: we have what's called nomination Night, and whoever was an
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  Speaker 2: approved nominee, whether it be six, seven to eight people,
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  Speaker 2: there would be a membership a nomination night, people would
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  Speaker 2: take a vote on a preferred ballot, and then our
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  Speaker 2: members would choose who our candidate is to carry our
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  Speaker 2: conservative banner going in the next election. And I can
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  Speaker 2: tell you this, the people who have stepped forward and
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  Speaker 2: showed interest, they're all fantastic. They all come with a
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  Speaker 2: unique base and message and background. I would any one
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  Speaker 2: of them will be better than Brian Massey, better than
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  Speaker 2: and be part of the next Conservative government and certainly
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  Speaker 2: represent Windsor extremely well. So we're excited about that. Membership
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  Speaker 2: has its privileges. You can go to www dot WINDSORWESTCPC
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  Speaker 2: dot com get a membership, donate if you want, especially
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  Speaker 2: to help for our outreach efforts and marketing efforts like
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  Speaker 2: this billboard. And it's an exciting time certainly for Windsor Web.
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  Speaker 2: And we're very excited about Stephen Harper coming to Windsor
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  Speaker 2: on August eight. It's for the Jewish National Fund event,
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  Speaker 2: but still we're piggybacking on that with the excitement. We
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  Speaker 2: have several Conservative tables going to be there. We're hoping
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  Speaker 2: to see them a little bit afterwards on the ninth
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  Speaker 2: if we can. But this is really an exciting time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, listen, the Conservatives, you guys are all fired up
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  Speaker 1: right now. There's no doubt about that. As the polls
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  Speaker 1: keep showing, i mean, justin Trudeau's approvals you can't call
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  Speaker 1: them approvals at this point quite frankly, but you know
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  Speaker 1: we're going to be watching with bated breath. Everything's changed
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  Speaker 1: because of the US election and typically up here on
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  Speaker 1: this side of the border, you end up seeing sort
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  Speaker 1: of mimicking what the strategies down south are. Sometimes it'll
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  Speaker 1: be interesting to see how things unfold here with it all.
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  Speaker 1: But as you said, it's always good when you get
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  Speaker 1: a notable person to be coming into our community. Former
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  Speaker 1: of the Honorable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. That'll
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  Speaker 1: be very very great for him to be here. The
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  Speaker 1: billboard looks really cool. Just any last thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: Final thoughts is August eighth, JNF Negative Dinner. They gets
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  Speaker 2: sold out, they might have still a few ways to
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  Speaker 2: tickets to get in, but it'll be in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of excited and they're raising money to rebuild Kiboot Kissufim,
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  Speaker 2: which was tragically on October seventh with terrorist attacker. Looking
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  Speaker 2: to rebuild a Jewish national funds and nonprofit organization, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm proud to be co chair of the Negative Dinner
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  Speaker 2: as well this year that raises money to improve and
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  Speaker 2: beautify plant trees a planet at almost a quarter of
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  Speaker 2: a billion trees since its inception to beautify the land
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  Speaker 2: of Israel for nonprofit regions reasons and beautification. Prime Minister
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  Speaker 2: Harper is a you know speaker. He's going to be
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  Speaker 2: interviewed by Jim Crichton. From my understanding, he's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: introduced by a really top prominent person in our region.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if that's released yet, but it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be really wonderful. And as far as the billboard, go
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  Speaker 2: to John B and Sandwich Street. Go check out the billboard,
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  Speaker 2: Go take a picture of it, Go post on Facebook.
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  Speaker 2: This is iconic. It's a beautiful billboard. Go do it
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  Speaker 2: before it's down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you tell us who is opening up
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  Speaker 1: for the former prime minister, you might be able to
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  Speaker 1: help drive some ticket sales.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, I think they sold out the little to
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  Speaker 2: try to squeeze people in. But it'll all be announced
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  Speaker 2: and it'll be a terrific event. Excellent John B and
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  Speaker 2: Sandwich Street www dot windsorwescpc dot com. Check out the
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  Speaker 2: website too well.
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  Speaker 1: I want to thank you so much for joining me
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  Speaker 1: here live in studio. Alta Shuba is the president of
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  Speaker 1: the Windsorwest Conservative Riding Association. Go check out that billboard
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  Speaker 1: on Sandwich and John B right there at the Armories area,
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  Speaker 1: and uh.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, thanks for your time. Thank you, John, all the.
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  Speaker 1: Best Okay, we're going to take a quick break. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be back. Let us know your comments. You're gonna go
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  Speaker 1: check out this billboard. Do you think that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: should we be celebrating the bridge more often than we are.
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  Speaker 1: It's some it's here, it exists, but I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like we're giving it a huge amount of
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  Speaker 1: fanfare on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. This sign is
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  Speaker 1: helping to drum up a little bit more attention to it.
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  Speaker 1: Let us know what you think. Five one, nine, seven,
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  Speaker 1: nine to two CKLW. We'll be back right after the break.