Press Release - London Campaign - applies (with obvious diff's) to this one too!
Robert Ede
Confirmed by Elections Canada
as Independent Candidate in
London North Centre, Federal By-election
Robert Ede, 53 a Realtor from Thornhill, ON has joined with 6 other candidates to contest the Federal By-election to be held Nov 27, 2006 in the riding of London North Centre.
Ede, as an independent, is not affiliated with any political party and is conducting a campaign of his own design and content.
Themes include a discussion on the definition of the Crown, re-establishment of the 1867 as-written in BNA Act roles for the Governor General, Privy Council, Senate, House of Commons and Prime Minister.
Robert is presenting 11 foundational points about Canadian governance that he feels "are never discussed at elections and will never be on any party's platform" .
Ede admits the points he raises are "too complicated and too fundamentally important for conventional political strategists to want to present - it's not possible to reduce the concepts to a catchy slogan".
Based on his door to door campaign to obtain the written consent of 120 voters for his official nomination "Londoners are fed up with being fed pablum & platitudes at election time - they're skeptical of any party's election promises"
Ede's campaign entitled "Money, Power & Simplicity - Understanding Canada's Government System and then Doing Something to remedy its shortcomings" is the culmination of Robert's 14 year personal study of the BNA/Constitution Acts and their predecessor documents dating from 1763. Ede says he's "so boring that I enjoy poring over the Public Accounts & Annual Financial Reports".
No stranger to politics Robert established a Charlottetown Referendum Committee in 1992 (hence the BNA/Constitutional predisposition of his program) and ran for a small party in Richmond Hill ON, nationally in 1993 and provincially in 1995. Ede moved to the Federal Progressive Conservatives from 1995 until 2003 serving on the Riding Executives in Richmond Hill and Markham and attending their Policy Convention in Winnipeg in 1996.
Most recently, Robert attended the Calgary Congress in late September 2006, intrigued by the Conference's agenda including Western alienation, Alberta Separation and Senate Reform.
Ede says he was "abandoned" by the P.C. & Reform/Alliance merger and has been conducting his writing and research projects "without any of that baggage - I don't feel obligated to oppose or support any existing idea or program, just because some former Party or its Leader did or didn't -- I consider each issue on its own, depending on whether it fits or is incompatible with my own overarching vision for Canada"
Quite gung-ho and positive about his prospects, Robert says London is the most-perfect setting possible because London Canada is thought of as the city most truly representative of cross-Canada sentiments and values - many large firms run their market-trial programs here.
"Perfect Storm" election conditions and timing
Ede calls the timing of these By-elections a "perfect storm", presenting the ideal conditions for his independent campaign, "We have (and will probably have next time) a Minority-government Parliament - no party will be significantly raised up or no government will fall, based on the results of the 2 by-elections. Further, in a minority Parliament, every MP's vote counts ... an independent member will have a significant role to play on every vote in the House."
"In addition, and best of all, there will be no Leaders Tour, no Leaders Debate, no national advertising campaign (with the 308 local elections just riding the coattails) - these By-election will solely be about what the individual Candidates represent and how the Voters of London North Centre and Repentigny react to those people and ideas".
Presenting a tightly-spaced 4 page platform, Ede says his campaign boils down "to finishing the Patriation-of-Sovereignty that was started by the 1982 Constitutional changes" and asking Canadians to consider 3 essential questions:
"Whose Dominion is the Dominion of Canada?"
"How shall we live?"
"Who will decide?"
Admitting that an intellectual campaign has never been tried before, he says "Londoners have a well-established pride and sophisticated knowledge about their city, its history and Canada and its history, I'm not concerned about anyone not understanding what I saying nor missing the point on why I'm saying it - the University is smack in the middle of the riding, many professors and staff live here"
Success & Victory
Ede counts "a partial victory every time a voter says to me, Really, I didn't know that or Thanks, nobody ever explained it to me like that" and suggests that with "several of those epiphanies each day, along with a little they tell two friends, who then tell two friends ... all things are possible."
Robert maintains that the campaign "will be a success, if only 9 or 6 or 3 of my 11 points become an integral part of this by-election and are introduced to the nation-wide political discussion ... even if I am not elected."
An End to 10+3 plus 31million solitudes warring the the bosom of a single state
As an example of his unique and outside-the-box approach to communicating his message, Ede is borrowing from and adapting two historic events, first by suggesting that this election could become know as the beginning of the "Great Peace of the Canadian Confederation" he alludes to the pledges of co-operation and unity the Six Nations made to each other when they established their Confederacy and its bi-cameral governance system. His " U.C.L. United Canadian Loyalist" designation is of course, a modern version of the honour bestowed on post-Revolutionary War, Crown subjects who fled the new republic and helped hurry the establishment of Canada.
Unrattled by nay-sayers who "wonder where he gets the energy to fight such an uphill battle" Robert Ede is ready willing and able to take on "the giants" even on unfamiliar turf.
"I know that if enough people get a chance to read what I've put in my handouts and on my blog or come to an All-Candidates meeting - they'll be convinced that I can win and that an independent MP is probably the best thing they can have represent them in Ottawa"
-- 30 --
Bio, Pictures, Platform on
http://robertede.blogspot.com/
London By-election Contact Info:Robert Ede25 Dersingham CresThornhill ONL3T 4P5Direct 416-819-7333London 519-282-8303
http://robertede.blogspot.com/http://stephenleacock.blogspot.com/
Confirmed by Elections Canada
as Independent Candidate in
London North Centre, Federal By-election
Robert Ede, 53 a Realtor from Thornhill, ON has joined with 6 other candidates to contest the Federal By-election to be held Nov 27, 2006 in the riding of London North Centre.
Ede, as an independent, is not affiliated with any political party and is conducting a campaign of his own design and content.
Themes include a discussion on the definition of the Crown, re-establishment of the 1867 as-written in BNA Act roles for the Governor General, Privy Council, Senate, House of Commons and Prime Minister.
Robert is presenting 11 foundational points about Canadian governance that he feels "are never discussed at elections and will never be on any party's platform" .
Ede admits the points he raises are "too complicated and too fundamentally important for conventional political strategists to want to present - it's not possible to reduce the concepts to a catchy slogan".
Based on his door to door campaign to obtain the written consent of 120 voters for his official nomination "Londoners are fed up with being fed pablum & platitudes at election time - they're skeptical of any party's election promises"
Ede's campaign entitled "Money, Power & Simplicity - Understanding Canada's Government System and then Doing Something to remedy its shortcomings" is the culmination of Robert's 14 year personal study of the BNA/Constitution Acts and their predecessor documents dating from 1763. Ede says he's "so boring that I enjoy poring over the Public Accounts & Annual Financial Reports".
No stranger to politics Robert established a Charlottetown Referendum Committee in 1992 (hence the BNA/Constitutional predisposition of his program) and ran for a small party in Richmond Hill ON, nationally in 1993 and provincially in 1995. Ede moved to the Federal Progressive Conservatives from 1995 until 2003 serving on the Riding Executives in Richmond Hill and Markham and attending their Policy Convention in Winnipeg in 1996.
Most recently, Robert attended the Calgary Congress in late September 2006, intrigued by the Conference's agenda including Western alienation, Alberta Separation and Senate Reform.
Ede says he was "abandoned" by the P.C. & Reform/Alliance merger and has been conducting his writing and research projects "without any of that baggage - I don't feel obligated to oppose or support any existing idea or program, just because some former Party or its Leader did or didn't -- I consider each issue on its own, depending on whether it fits or is incompatible with my own overarching vision for Canada"
Quite gung-ho and positive about his prospects, Robert says London is the most-perfect setting possible because London Canada is thought of as the city most truly representative of cross-Canada sentiments and values - many large firms run their market-trial programs here.
"Perfect Storm" election conditions and timing
Ede calls the timing of these By-elections a "perfect storm", presenting the ideal conditions for his independent campaign, "We have (and will probably have next time) a Minority-government Parliament - no party will be significantly raised up or no government will fall, based on the results of the 2 by-elections. Further, in a minority Parliament, every MP's vote counts ... an independent member will have a significant role to play on every vote in the House."
"In addition, and best of all, there will be no Leaders Tour, no Leaders Debate, no national advertising campaign (with the 308 local elections just riding the coattails) - these By-election will solely be about what the individual Candidates represent and how the Voters of London North Centre and Repentigny react to those people and ideas".
Presenting a tightly-spaced 4 page platform, Ede says his campaign boils down "to finishing the Patriation-of-Sovereignty that was started by the 1982 Constitutional changes" and asking Canadians to consider 3 essential questions:
"Whose Dominion is the Dominion of Canada?"
"How shall we live?"
"Who will decide?"
Admitting that an intellectual campaign has never been tried before, he says "Londoners have a well-established pride and sophisticated knowledge about their city, its history and Canada and its history, I'm not concerned about anyone not understanding what I saying nor missing the point on why I'm saying it - the University is smack in the middle of the riding, many professors and staff live here"
Success & Victory
Ede counts "a partial victory every time a voter says to me, Really, I didn't know that or Thanks, nobody ever explained it to me like that" and suggests that with "several of those epiphanies each day, along with a little they tell two friends, who then tell two friends ... all things are possible."
Robert maintains that the campaign "will be a success, if only 9 or 6 or 3 of my 11 points become an integral part of this by-election and are introduced to the nation-wide political discussion ... even if I am not elected."
An End to 10+3 plus 31million solitudes warring the the bosom of a single state
As an example of his unique and outside-the-box approach to communicating his message, Ede is borrowing from and adapting two historic events, first by suggesting that this election could become know as the beginning of the "Great Peace of the Canadian Confederation" he alludes to the pledges of co-operation and unity the Six Nations made to each other when they established their Confederacy and its bi-cameral governance system. His " U.C.L. United Canadian Loyalist" designation is of course, a modern version of the honour bestowed on post-Revolutionary War, Crown subjects who fled the new republic and helped hurry the establishment of Canada.
Unrattled by nay-sayers who "wonder where he gets the energy to fight such an uphill battle" Robert Ede is ready willing and able to take on "the giants" even on unfamiliar turf.
"I know that if enough people get a chance to read what I've put in my handouts and on my blog or come to an All-Candidates meeting - they'll be convinced that I can win and that an independent MP is probably the best thing they can have represent them in Ottawa"
-- 30 --
Bio, Pictures, Platform on
http://robertede.blogspot.com/
London By-election Contact Info:Robert Ede25 Dersingham CresThornhill ONL3T 4P5Direct 416-819-7333London 519-282-8303
http://robertede.blogspot.com/http://stephenleacock.blogspot.com/
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