{"id":22793,"date":"2021-08-02T23:34:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=22793"},"modified":"2021-08-02T23:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:34:47","slug":"election21-key-to-winning-hants-east-waverley-fall-river-beaver-bank-knocking-on-doors-says-pc-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=22793","title":{"rendered":"ELECTION21: Key to winning Hants East, Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank: knocking on doors, says PC leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;131&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAIN PHOTO: N.S. PC Leader Tim Houston stands with Hants East candidate John A. MacDonald in Elmsd<\/strong>a<strong>le. (Healey photo)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> For N.S. PC Party Leader Tim Houston, his advice to his candidates in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and Hants East consisted of three words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston was asked what candidates John A. MacDonald in Hants East and Brian Wong in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank have to do to turn their respective ridings Tory blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKnock on doors,\u201d said Houston, \u201cand talk about the party platform, the vision for Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston said both Wong and MacDonald are among a slew of a great slate of candidates the PC\u2019s have and are excellent candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the main issue in this election is health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a referendum on health care,\u201d said Houston. \u201cAnd the Liberals have had eight years and health care is getting worse and worse and worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t seen any liberal plan to address it. They really don&#8217;t have a plan to fix health care.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interview with Tim Houston, N.<\/strong>S<strong>. PC Leader. 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