NDP leadership candidate Peter Julian brings campaign to Red Deer
Federal NDP leadership candidates continue to trickle through central Alberta.
On Tuesday, New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian stopped in Red Deer. He is the third to do so after Niki Ashton and Charlie Angus visited earlier this year.
Prior to holding a meet and greet with voters at a local restaurant, Julian met with the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance to chat about what the federal government can do better to help people and families who are struggling.
“They have raised concerns about the increase in poverty and we’re seeing that right across the country. Having a government that does something like building affordable housing for folks, puts in place a clean energy strategy so energy workers can transition into clean energy — central Alberta has enormous potential for wind, solar and geothermal with the capped oil wells that are here,” he said.