A Nanaimo woman is one of the first-ever candidates for the People害羞草研究所檚 Party of Canada.

PPC members in Nanaimo-Ladysmith chose Jennifer Clarke as the party害羞草研究所檚 potential byelection candidate at a meeting Saturday in the north end.

Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson was chosen to represent the PPC in Burnaby South as the party seeks to be prepared for 害羞草研究所渢he two upcoming B.C. byelections,害羞草研究所� according to its Facebook page.

Clarke said she thinks a byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith will happen 害羞草研究所渇airly shortly害羞草研究所� and said the People害羞草研究所檚 Party of Canada will have a strong presence in the campaign. She said PPC leader Maxime Bernier 害羞草研究所� who is expected to visit the riding as soon as this week 害羞草研究所� is an 害羞草研究所渁mazing害羞草研究所� speaker and person with a strong message and a lot of good leadership qualities.

害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檝e got people from all the parties realizing that they害羞草研究所檙e wanting something fresh and new, that has integrity, that is honest, that害羞草研究所檚 doing politics differently, that is listening to the people,害羞草研究所� she said.

Clarke ran for school trustee in the October local government election, falling about 2,300 votes short, and then tried in November for the .

害羞草研究所淔or the sake of getting [Prime Minister Justin Trudeau] out, I wanted to stay united as much as possible,害羞草研究所� Clarke said. 害羞草研究所淏ut I realized that this is a much more positive platform, where [Bernier] is here for all Canadians.害羞草研究所�

Clarke suggested she has a lot of freedom of speech to speak about the issues important to her built right into the party platform.

害羞草研究所淚 think that害羞草研究所檚 part of what Canada needs, is to have those freedoms back implemented with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms 害羞草研究所� the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, freedom of assembly, all the different freedoms 害羞草研究所� to be really promoted because I think at this point we害羞草研究所檝e been losing ground in those areas,害羞草研究所� she said.

Shannon Kewley, PPC provincial organizer who will manage the campaigns in both Burnaby South and Nanaimo-Ladysmith, said Clarke is a bright, knowledgeable candidate who already has community support.

Kewley said the People害羞草研究所檚 Party of Canada was able to set up 42 electoral district associations in nine weeks and said there are strong boards in place that are ready to go and are raising money.

害羞草研究所淚t is amazing. We害羞草研究所檝e got so many people coming to us from all parties 害羞草研究所� from the NDP, from the Liberals, from the Conservatives 害羞草研究所� because their leaders and their platforms, they have nothing to offer, and especially in British Columbia,害羞草研究所� Kewley said. 害羞草研究所淢axime is just resonating with British Columbians with his common-sense approach.害羞草研究所�

Clarke is holding a meet and greet today, Jan. 8, from 1:30-8 p.m. at Kiwanis Manor at 1201 Kiwanis Cres.

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