The Shoreline News April 30, 2011 - 3
Manning banking on a comeback
He’s been down this road before. But this time, Fabian
Manning hopes the political route takes a different direction in
getting him to Parliament.
The former provincial politician-turned Senatorturned former-Senator is now candidate Fabian Manning who
hopes to claim the Avalon seat in the May 2nd election, marking perhaps the first time in Canadian politics that someone
has quit a lifetime appointment to a position that pays very
well and demands little accountability - that of a Senator - to
risk working for an electorate that can dump you anytime an
election is called.
“I find we’re getting a great response,” Manning told
the Shoreline Newspaper. “You know, I’m not naive, I’ve been
around politics for 18 years, (and) every election campaign is a
battle of different ways. But we got great support on the
ground.”
Manning originally won the Avalon race in 2006, but
quickly lost it when the country went to the polls just two years
later, in 2008. At that time, he - like many other Conservative
candidates from this province - fell victim to the Danny Williams ABC campaign. Months after losing, he was named to the
Senate. But when the minority government of Stephen Harper
fell, Manning once again felt the itch for elected politics and
left the Senate to run in Avalon again.
He acknowledges that not having to fight provincial
tories this time around is making campaigning life a lot easier.
“Certainly the support from the members of the
House of Assembly and their campaign workers is a great enhancement to my campaign. And, you know, Minister Jerome
Kennedy said it best a couple of days ago. We were out in
Carbonear, and one of the local reporters asked him what is the
difference in the election in 2008 and the election in 2011, and
his answer was very profound if you ask me. He said ‘we did in 2008 - what was in the best interest of Newfoundland and
Labrador, and in 2011 we’re doing what we believe is in the
best interest of Newfoundland and Labrador. That’s why we’re
supporting Fabian.”
Manning says he thought that was a pretty good answer.
At the door, Manning says he’s hearing positive
things. “We’re hearing a lot of people who believe that we need
a Newfoundlander and Labradorian representing us in Ottawa,” he says. “Nothing negative in regards to Peter MacKay,
but the fact is, out of 510,000 Newfoundlanders, it should be
one of us.”
There’s no shortage of issues he’s hearing about as he
campaigns. “A big issue in the riding is small craft harbours,
we do a lot of work on that. The gun registry is very big throughout the riding. I’m running into a lot of that at the doors and
people we talk to.”
He says provincial-federal relations is also on peoples’
minds. “With the communities, especially with the town councils’ and the organizations, ensuring that the province and the
federal government are working together.” And he says many
people want to talk about health care. “Especially with an aging population. I have two parents of my own who are in their
80’s. Seniors’ concerns and health issues.”
Even though he’s comfortable debating those issues
and feels he understands what people want and need, Manning says the final result will depend on getting people out to
vote, something that may not be easy in an environment where
he believes people could be tiring of elections so often. “There
is a level of apathy out there among the general population,
you know. And theelection will come down to organization on
election day. And certainly we have a strong team on the
ground.”
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Members of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary arrested two young people early Saturday morning, April 9th, after
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A release from the police said the person who called the
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Police arrived a short time later and watched the pair attempting the break-in. That’s when officers moved in and made the
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