Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson has opened her constituency offices in Blyth and Kincardine.
Ceremonies at each venue took place on Wednesday — with PC Leader Tim Hudak joining Thompson at the afternoon event on Queen Street in Blyth.
Thompson reflected that she is no stranger to community, where she took music lessons for over a decade as a child.
PC leader Tim Hudak told the crowd he was very impressed how Thompson “hit the ground running” by posing questions on the Walkerton Jail closure on her very first day in the legislative chamber.
Hudak called Lisa Thompson “the kind of fighter that will make Huron-Bruce proud.”
Lisa Thompson says she was able to capitalize on rural Ontario’s sense of alienation when she toppled incumbent Carol Mitchell in last October’s vote.
She says the job now is to persuade voters as to the merit of her party’s policies.
Lisa Thompson says she continues to get an education on the bureaucracy she’s encountered at Queen’s Park.
Neither she, nor leader Tim Hudak would say how long the expect the current minority parliament to last, saying it could be anywhere between six more weeks — and eighteen months.
The PC leader focused his comments on perceived rural alienation on the part of the McGuinty government, supply management and the wind turbine issue.
Hudak says his party remains supportive of supply management in the commodities sectors where it presently exists in Ontario.
He noted his pleasure at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture’s recent call for a moratorium on wind turbine development.
