The field of candidates in the race to represent Squamish and its riding in Ottawa is getting crowded.
Three new candidates representing the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, the Libertarian Party of Canada and the Progressive Canadian Party had their names added to the list of hopefuls in the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding that appeared on Elections Canada's website on Wednesday (April 13).
As well, Doug Hartt of the Canadian Action Party has been confirmed as a candidate to unseat incumbent Conservative John Weston. In addition to Weston, candidates who had earlier confirmed their candidacy in the riding for the May 2 federal election include Liberal Dan Veniez, New Democrat Terry Platt, the Green Party's Brennan Wauters and Allan Holt of the Western Block Party.
The new candidates are Tunya Audain (Libertarian), Carol Lee Chapman (Marxist-Leninist) and Roger Legassé (Progressive Canadian).
Stay tuned to www.squamishchief.com or the April 15 print edition of The Chief for more information about the three new candidates.
Early this week, Hartt was listed as one of three Canadian Action Party (CAP) candidates in B.C. Party leader Christopher Porter is running in the Victoria-area riding of Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca.
The first two paragraphs under the "About Us" tab on the CAP's website read, "The Canadian Action Party is, above all, a pro-Canadian party dedicated to the principle that Canada can best serve its citizens and the world by re-claiming and maintaining its political and economic sovereignty as an independent country.
"It is opposed to the ascendancy of 'corporate rule' and those aspects of unrestricted global investment that promote colonization of the world's smaller powers and in Canada's case, its absorption by the United States of America."
The Chief's attempts to reach Hartt for an interview this week have so far been unsuccessful.
