Pisani promises less political spin

Pisani promises less political spin

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Candidate Paul Pisani claims he represents Canada’s oldest party.

The Progressive Canadian Party was registered May 29, 2004, in the fallout of the merger of the former federal Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties into the Conservative Party.

However, the Progressive Canadian Party bases its policies heavily on those of the former Progressive Conservative Party.

“We are looking to provide a political home for the millions of Canadians who have, over the years, voted for the former federal PC Party,” Mr. Pisani, an independent businessman, said. “We are proud of the history, philosophy and centre-right principles that have defined Progressive Conservatives, so we have adopted a constitution based on the constitution of the former PC Party of Canada.”

Mr. Pisani said his party, “Wants to challenge the idea that politics is a game.

We don’t accept that sound bites, spin and media manipulation are what Canadians want from their political leaders. We believe in a wider democracy and in honesty and forthrightness. Canadians elect politicians to work in the best interest of the country and not in the interest of their political parties.”
He acknowledged there is great cynicism among much of the electorate over the current state of affairs.

“Many will tell you it can’t be done; that’s not true. We built a nation where it wasn’t possible, linked by a railway that united us from sea to sea. While other nations defined themselves with revolutions and civil war, Canadians showed you could make the transition peacefully. We have followed a uniquely Canadian way.”

Mr. Pisani’s party has developed comprehensive platform positions in a number of key areas such as:

• national policy;
• agriculture;
•our place in the globalcommunity;
• education;
• health care;
• democratic deficit, accountability and integrity;
• environment;
• financial responsibility and
• support for local municipalities.

“We consider family farms to be one of the great examples of small business,” Mr. Pisani said. “Our ‘100-mile- challenge’ would support family farms and innovative agricultural businesses. We need a solution for farmers once and for all to relieve the terrible pressures that are driving them off the land.”
The PC party also has “a plan to get out of Afghanistan with dignity and to rethink our role as peacekeepers and protectors of our sovereignty. Economic aid and justice are the best weapons against terror.”

Mr. Pisani is a founding member of the East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of the Association for Differently Abled People Together of Ontario.

The owner of a landscaping company, Mr. Pisani was president of the Professional Lawn Care Association of Ontario from 1995 to 2000.

Previously, he was employed by an International Harvester, and then a John Deere dealer, servicing clients in the Holland Marsh area.

Mr. Pisani and his wife, Janice, have two children and live in East Gwillimbury.
“Politics can be done differently,” Mr. Pisani said. “Help us prove it.”

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