A Nanaimo woman is one of the first-ever candidates for the People乌鸦传媒檚 Party of Canada.

PPC members in Nanaimo-Ladysmith chose Jennifer Clarke as the party乌鸦传媒檚 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 乌鸦传媒渢he two upcoming B.C. byelections,乌鸦传媒� according to its Facebook page.

Clarke said she thinks a byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith will happen 乌鸦传媒渇airly shortly乌鸦传媒� and said the People乌鸦传媒檚 Party of Canada will have a strong presence in the campaign. She said PPC leader Maxime Bernier 乌鸦传媒� who is expected to visit the riding as soon as this week 乌鸦传媒� is an 乌鸦传媒渁mazing乌鸦传媒� speaker and person with a strong message and a lot of good leadership qualities.

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

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

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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乌鸦传媒檚 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.

乌鸦传媒淚t is amazing. We乌鸦传媒檝e got so many people coming to us from all parties 乌鸦传媒� from the NDP, from the Liberals, from the Conservatives 乌鸦传媒� because their leaders and their platforms, they have nothing to offer, and especially in British Columbia,乌鸦传媒� Kewley said. 乌鸦传媒淢axime is just resonating with British Columbians with his common-sense approach.乌鸦传媒�

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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