NDP

Today in Weston. September 19, 2019

Campaign Manager Riley Peterson and volunteers Lulu and Lloyd in the Yafet Tewelde campaign office at 1826 Weston Road. The office has been open for a while but will officially open this Saturday.

YSW NDP holds fundraiser

Yafet Tewelde is the York South-Weston New Democratic Party candidate running to unseat Liberal MP and Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hussen in October’s federal election. In a short upbeat speech yesterday, the candidate outlined the major platform planks and stressed that the riding is hungry for change after Liberals’ broken promises and ambiguous messaging on green energy. The event was held in a beautiful back yard overlooking the Humber in glorious weather.

Campaign Manager Riley Peterson asking for volunteers and donations before introducing the candidate.

Yafet Tewelde addresses supporters in a beautiful backyard setting on Saturday.

There’s a lot of time between now and voting day on October 29 but the local party seems ready, organized and enthusiastic.

Yafet Tewelde to be NDP candidate

Yafet Tewelde will be named the federal NDP candidate this weekend. He’s joining a tight race with Mark DeMontis (Conservative) and Ahmed Hussen (Liberal).

We are thrilled to announce our neighbour @BhutilaKarpoche will be a guest speaker at the nomination of @YafetYSW this Saturday!
April 27th, 2019: 2pm-5pm
York Civic Center: 2700 Eglinton West#onpoli #cdnpoli #TOpoli #ndp #ysw #yorksouthweston #parkdalehighpark pic.twitter.com/nWGoy13WYM
— York South-Weston Federal NDP (@ysw_ndp) April 25, 2019

York South-Weston now a safe NDP seat?

It’s back, if only for the one gentleman who so kindly requested it. #onpoli #onelxn #Poll #Ontario (See https://t.co/13RURmfj6H for more easily readable/enlargeable version.) pic.twitter.com/srgjwRU61a
— Doug Johnson Hatlem (@djjohnso) May 21, 2018

US political site Counterpunch.org has an article commenting on the current provincial election campaign. Apparently the Ford name has piqued interest down there. The author, Canadian political commentator, Doug Johnson Hatlem claims that no Liberal seat in Ontario is safe and that York South-Weston has become a safe NDP seat. The author states that when families get together over a long weekend, they have a chance to mull over the political situation as a group and opinions become firmer.

Read his article here.

NDP campaign launches this weekend

The NDP campaign in York South–Weston launches this weekend; Faisal Hassan, the New Democrats’ candidate, will kick his campaign off on May 5 at 2:30, at his campaign office at 1965 Weston Road.