Deborah Meredith

Deborah Meredith is the conservative candidate for our local riding of Quadra. She has not been a career politician or bureaucrat. She was asked to stand and considers it a privilege. All politicians want to do the best for Canada and our population; they just have different opinions on how best to do that. Big taxes or big cuts? We don't believe that we want the government to be telling us what to do. She is a fiscal conservative not social conservative. We currently have the lowest taxes for a long time. 40 Billion has been paid down on the National Debt since the Harper government has taken office. Good forecasting creates a balanced budget. We have a strong economy today. Leadership is important and we have a strong leader in Harper. Crime relates to everybody. Yesterday there was a shooting at Oakridge. This affects every family not just the crime bosses and gangs. These incidents are often related to drug use. These are issues that need to be addressed. Deborah supports the insight injection site. A place of calm in a drug users life of hell. Some turn to rehab as a result. Environment. Conservation is a deeply held conservative value. The ozone layer has been addressed, as well as acid rain, now we must tackle global warming. Mandatory regulation is needed. A carbon tax is not the answer. Artic Sovereignty is being extended from 100 miles to 200 miles and we need to protect our claims. Immigration. There is currently a huge backlog of applicants. It is not fair to the applicants to encourage new applicants when we haven't dealt with the current ones. We need immigration, especially qualified people. Immigration has gone up, as we need the job skills. Her talk was followed by a lively question period.