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Richard Ciano is National Vice President and National Councillor (Ontario)[http://www.conservative.ca/2991/43443/] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He was elected to the National Council[http://www.conservative.ca/EN/2991/] of the Conservative Party of Canada on March 19th, 2005 and the Conservative Party of Canada's founding convention. |
Richard Ciano is National Vice President and National Councillor (Ontario)[http://www.conservative.ca/2991/43443/] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He was elected to the National Council[http://www.conservative.ca/EN/2991/] of the Conservative Party of Canada on March 19th, 2005 and the Conservative Party of Canada's founding convention. |
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He has served as campaign manager for prominent conservative politicians such as [[Peter Van Loan]], MP and Government House Leader Government of Canada and [[Peter Shurman]] |
He has served as campaign manager for prominent conservative politicians such as [[Peter Van Loan]], MP and Government House Leader Government of Canada and [[Peter Shurman]] a member of the [[Ontario Legislature]]. |
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Thornhill Liberal |
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Thornhill |
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Oct 11, 2007 01:14 AM |
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Battle for riding known as 'ground zero' sees incumbent Liberal Racco go down |
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By: Teresa Latchford |
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Progressive Conservative Peter Shurman is victorious. |
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Mixed emotions flooded the floor throughout the night as Shurman supporters watched the numbers coming in. |
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He was neck-and-neck with incumbent Liberal Mario Racco, who had the early lead with the first results after 9 p.m. |
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However, cheers of excitement filled the room as Mr. Shurman crept up to take the lead as the night wore on. |
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“At the end of the day, someone has to win,” he said. “My first order of business is to build the appropriate bridges at the municipal level so we can all work together.” |
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As the new member of parliament representing the Thornhill riding, he will make it his mission to make sure York Region is not forgotten in provincial government decisions. |
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Although Conservative leader John Tory did not win his riding and Mr. Shurman says he feels the faith-based funding argument has died down, the fight for leveling the playing field will continue. |
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“I don’t think we have seen the last of this issue,” he said, as he held his wife’s hand. “I don’t think they will call it faith-based funding anymore, but there will be talk of evening out the funding.” |
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He thanked his volunteers for their dedication and citizens for their vote of confidence. |
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Early in the evening, a sea of blue balloons, sporting Mr. Shurman’s name, spotted the banquet room at Bayview Country Club in Thornhill. |
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A small crowd of supporters gathered around a single television, anxiously awaiting the numbers to be released, in what was described as a swing riding, with faith-based funding being the issue. Enjoying a spread of coffee and sandwiches and veggies, people were chatting excitedly about Mr. Shurman’s possible victory before results started coming in. |
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Prior to the results, Mr. Shurman, win or lose, speculated on his steps after the election. At the top of his to do list, once the election was over, is to get into his personal plane and fly himself and his wife, Carole, to Florida for a few weeks of well-deserved vacation, he said. |
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“My wife and I have completely missed our summer vacation because of the election campaign,” he laughed. “Although I enjoyed the campaign, I can’t wait to just relax.” |
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His election campaign was strong throughout, he added, backed by about 300 volunteers who helped him in the office, putting up campaign signs and participating in door-to-door canvassing. |
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With only two hours left at the polling stations, the lights were still on at Mr. Shurman’s campaign office as volunteers gave directions to walk-ins and last minute phone calls were made. |
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“There was nothing more we could have done through the campaign, everyone worked really hard,” campaign manager Richard Ciano said. “It has been great, but a grueling campaign and it feels good now that it’s coming to an end.” |
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It was evident the campaign volunteers were dedicated as crumbs lay on a food tray in the back room of the office, papers and signs scattered about and what appeared to be a sleeping bag piled in a corner, Wednesday afternoon. |
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“It has been a hard fought race,” Mr. Ciano added, having just returned from checking with a scrutineer at the Thornhill Public School polling station. “We are getting the sense our area has a good turnout in a low turnout election.” |
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At community debates, he added, the faith-based funding issue came up time and time again. |
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“You do extend funding to faith-based schools. They’re called Catholic schools,” Mr. Shurman commented, after taking a hit from Liberal Mario Racco at the Bayt Synagogue debate held in Thornhill. “Faith-based schools are not in our imagination. It exists now. Would it be okay if Catholics got hip transplants and all the rest of you didn’t?” |
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Mr. Shurman was vocal when it came to the issue of assisting York Region municipalities in accommodating growth, by working with all the cities to audit their affairs, redress inequities and ensuring financial equality and assistance is given where needed. |
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“We will recruit and train more doctors (and) expedite the credentialing of immigrant physicians and medical personnel with the know-how, but not the degree,” he said of his plan to deal with accessibility and wait time issues in the health-care system. |
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To his surprise, his favourite part of his campaign turned out to be the door-to-door canvassing. |
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“It’s like going to the gym,” he joked. “You curse because you don’t want to go, but after you do you are glad you did it.” |
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Having been a candidate in the diverse community of Thornhill, he commented on experiencing every culture, colour, and smell. He admits he wasn’t aware of how little he knew until he was on the community’s front porches. </ref> a member of the [[Ontario Legislature]]. |
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Former Reform Party leader holds Ottawa conference to unite conservatives |
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JANE TABER |
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From Thursday's Globe and Mail |
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February 28, 2008 at 5:02 AM EST |
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Preston Manning is gathering conservative activists, thinkers, strategists and pollsters from across the country to Ottawa for a conference and trade show aimed at building relationships to win future campaigns. |
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Sensing a lack of conversation among conservatives in Canada, the former Reform Party leader says he wants to "strengthen the democratic process" - elect more right-of-centre governments - through a two-day conference that begins with a reception tonight and ends Saturday. |
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"One of the concerns we have as to why democracy isn't as vigorous in Canada as it could be is because the different players don't know each other," he said. "If you're involved in the political process, whether it's at the policy level or the organizational level or the communications level, this would be a good thing to come to and get to meet some similar people." |
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Mr. Manning is hoping participants will take the opportunity to "cross-pollinate." He also hopes the event, being organized by his institute, the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, will become an annual affair. |
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"In the U.S., they have these big get-togethers where the get-out-the-vote guy from Kentucky meets the bagman from Oregon," Mr. Manning said. "But then when they come to organizing national political endeavours, these players know each other and trust each other better." |
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More than 200 people are expected, including a few of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's staffers from Parliament Hill. |
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The conference - Canada Networking Conference and Exhibition 2008 - will include speeches and debates on issues such as how the conservative movement should handle the reform of health care and how it should prepare for the next "contentious ethical issue," euthanasia. |
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Federal Health Minister Tony Clement will speak about "winning close elections" - a good choice of speaker, considering that he won his Northern Ontario riding by 28 votes in 2006. |
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And there will be a session - it's billed as "light-hearted" - on the "art and science of political door-knocking." There are also awards for "significant contributions to the conservative movement" and a trade show in which conservative think tanks will try to sell their studies and books. |
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Workshops on campaigning and running elections, including voter identification, contact and campaign strategy, are also being offered, with speakers such as Richard Ciano of the Conservative Campaign University, an election campaign training school, and Devin Iverson, who led the group that wrote the Conservative Party's campaign manual. Both have worked for Mr. Harper on his campaigns. |
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Mr. Manning and his organizers have also invited Mark Textor, the top pollster from Australia, to discuss his involvement in former prime minister John Howard's four election victories. |
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The Harper Tories have had some fascination with Australia and its campaigns and politics. One of the Prime Minister's senior strategists analyzed the 2004 Australian election results in which Mr. Howard's party won its fourth mandate and increased its seats; campaign manager Doug Finley was in Australia observing last November's election. |
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Prime Minister Harper, who served for a brief time in Mr. Manning's Reform Party caucus, may drop in at tonight's reception. And other well-known Conservatives, such as former premiers Mike Harris of Ontario, Ralph Klein of Alberta, New Brunswick's Bernard Lord and Nova Scotia's John Hamm, will speak, as will "near-Conservatives," including Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. |
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This is the first time that Mr. Manning has undertaken such a conference. He says the watchwords of the convention are: "networking" and "movement," by which he means the small-c conservative movement in Canada. |
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He says that this wasn't a "directed invitation" to certain people. Rather, the conference was advertised broadly; registration is $190 or $75 for students. He's hoping to recover his costs.</ref> |
Revision as of 23:16, 12 July 2008
Richard Ciano is National Vice President and National Councillor (Ontario)[1] of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected to the National Council[2] of the Conservative Party of Canada on March 19th, 2005 and the Conservative Party of Canada's founding convention.
He has served as campaign manager for prominent conservative politicians such as Peter Van Loan, MP and Government House Leader Government of Canada and Peter Shurman a member of the Ontario Legislature.
He is a noted political trainer having founded the Conservative Campaign University, a political training school for activists for the Conservative Party of Canada.