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ELECTION COVERAGE: Dufferin–Caledon Liberal takes second run at politics Dufferin–Caledon Liberal takes second run at politics At first glance, Liberal Candidate Bobbie Daid looks more like a fashion model than a politician, but this is actually the second run at a political seat for the ambitious hotel and hospitality entrepreneur. Daid ran as a candidate for Ward 5 in the 2011 by-election of Mississauga City Council. In a magazine widely circulated in the GTA, Generation Next, Ms. Daid expressed her dedication to the ward, “I live in the ward, pay taxes in the ward and I have strong ties to the ward,” her family also owns a farm in East Caledon where she says she currently lives. It was on the farm, where her family has grown winter wheat and corn, that Daid found her inspiration to protect agricultural land, “I put farmland, drinking water, and our community first before all things.” She says we need to work together to protect prime 1 farmland, “I am committed to doing that if I am elected.” At the Shelburne all candidates' debate Daid reiterated time and again that there was a need to review the Aggregate Resources Act and protect good farmland from development. Let me be clear she said, “Farmland over mining.” She was quick to point to the incumbent MPP Sylvia Jones as “the fox managing the chicken coup” when it came to the Progressive Conservative record on protecting farmland. But Daid was unable to consistently pull Liberal policy front and centre for voters at the May 27th debate. Provincial Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynn is promising to create a Farms Forever program to protect prime farmland from development, and support young farmers and local sourcing of food to strengthen Ontario's agri-food sector. Daid did not share this “good news” at any time during the two hour debate that was filled with farmers, rural landowners, and Food and Water First supporters. By Marni Walsh |
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