*For Immediate Release*
*December 19, 2011*
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*FIRST FEDERAL NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE TO VISIT P.E.I.*
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Charlottetown — Prince Edward Island’s New Democratic Party is pleased to announce that Outremont Member of Parliament and Federal Leadership Candidate Thomas Mulcair will be on Prince Edward Island this Wednesday, December 21st. Mulcair lead the wave of NDP dominance in Quebec during the May 2011 Federal Election serving as Jack Layton’s Lieutenant in Quebec. Upon being elected into Official Opposition status Layton appointed him as House Leader in the New Parliament.
Mulcair is the first of the nine Federal Leadership hopefuls to make an official campaign stop on Prince Edward Island. He will be meeting with members of the NDP of PEI’s Council as well as conducting local interviews in the morning. Party membership and the general public will then have the chance to meet Mulcair later in the day.
From noon until 1pm he will be hosting a public Meet and Greet at Timothy’s World Coffee at 54 University Avenue. Joe Byrne, NDP Federal Council Representative and Charlottetown Candidate in the last Federal Election, will moderate. “The Federal Leadership race gives the NDP a wonderful opportunity to showcase our top minds and promote a sense of unity across the entire country,” Byrne says, “Thomas Mulcair’s visit to Prince Edward Island this early in the campaign shows a sense of commitment to this ideal and a true sense of what can be accomplished here”.
A public meeting and membership rally will take place later in the afternoon where it is expected that former MLA and party leader Dr. Herb Dickieson will endorse Mulcair’s campaign. Details about the event are being released to members and can be found online at ndppei.ca, on Twitter @peindp or by searching New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island on Facebook.
For further media contact with the Mulcair campaign contact Graham Carpenter at 514-968-9625. For local media inquiries contact Chris van Ouwerkerk, NDP PEI Communications and Public Relations Chair, at(902) 314-0725 or communications@ndppei.ca.
