Federal party candidates in the Okanagan were shown support by their former party leaders this week.
Stephen Harper, Canadasa国际传媒檚 prime minister from 2006 to 2015, visited with Kelowna-Lake Country Conservative candidate Tracy Gray. Harper was in town to speak at the Level Up leadership conference alongside former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien and local entrepreneur Lane Merrifield.
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Harper, part of the Conservative partysa国际传媒檚 fundraising branch, was featured in a promotional video earlier this month supporting the party and party leader Andrew Scheer.
In the video, Harper echos the Conservativessa国际传媒� campaign slogan.
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One of Scheersa国际传媒檚 biggest campaign promises has been to cut personal income taxes.
Former prime minister Chretien was also in town last week and visited with Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr. Chretien commended Fuhrsa国际传媒檚 hard work and progress in the Okanagan and dismissed the blackface, brownface scandal surrounding Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
While plenty of supporters and voters greeted Chretien, Harper made less of a splash.
Kelowna conservatives, however, took to Graysa国际传媒檚 social media to show their support.
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The local election race in Kelowna-Lake Country is heating up as it enters week four of the campaign, with other candidates Justin Kulik of the NDP, Travis Ashley of the Green Party, John Barr of the Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party, Darrin Fiddler of the Marijuana Party and independent Daniel Joseph continuing to campaign.
Election day is Oct. 21
sa国际传媒� with files from the Canadian Press
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