One person has stepped forward to run for the New Democrats in Bruce Grey Owen Sound in this fall’s Ontario election — and the candidate is very familiar with the issues.
The President of OPSEU 224 in Owen Sound wants to run in October’s provincial election.
Jail Guard Paul Johnstone says he will seek the NDP nomination for Bruce Grey Owen Sound.
Johnstone has spent the last few weeks fighting to keep the jails open in Owen Sound and Walkerton.
Johnstone ran for the NDP in Bruce Grey Owen Sound in the 2007 Ontario election — and finished fourth.
No date has been set for the nomination meeting.
Johnstone says the jail closures are his number one issue.
Johnstone claims the Liberals have ignored this region and the Tories just want to bring us back to the days of Mike Harris.
So he feels the NDP is the only real alternative and the momentum gained in the federal election will prove significant in the provincial vote in October.
