Toronto Centre Conservatives

You can easily ask for a lawn sign, sign up to volunteer, get the latest news on your Conservative candidate in Toronto Centre, and more, at www.kevinmoore.ca.  Our hard-working candidate has been canvassing regularly and raising the Conservative flag all over the riding, and his manager, our previous candidate David Gentili, has provided both a welcome continuity and professionalism to the campaign.  In short - bookmark them, they deserve it!

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• The Conservative government has allocated funds for the revitalization of Union Station, as well $407 million as to boost VIA Rail in the Quebec-Windsor Corridor?
• The Conservative government is investing over $246 million nationally in cultural and arts programming and the tourism industry?
• Everyone will get federal income tax relief thanks to increases in the basic personal amount and increases in the upper limits of the two lowest income tax brackets?

These are just a few of the many benefits of Budget 2009 and our Economic Action Plan  - check them out and don’t miss out on the advantages that you and your city will enjoy as we navigate the current global economic turmoil.

Click here (MSWord document) to read more details in an article about our recent Emergency Preparedness Townhall, from someone who attended.

Enjoy an authentic Greek dining experience and get your picture taken with the Right Honourable Stephen Harper at the Summerfest BBQ this Thursday evening!

Please confirm attendance by Tuesday August 11th, 12 noon to Cyrus Barucha at:
president@cpc-torontocentre.ca
cyrus.barucha@sympatico.ca

Please provide the name, telephone number and address of each attendee. This must be done to ensure attendees are registered. No name on the guest list means no entrance.

When: Thursday August 13, 5:30 to 8:30

Where: 11359 Warden Avenue, N of Elgin Mills. St Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Church, Markham
 
How much: $30 for adults and $10 for children. This is a cost-recovery event so no tax receipts will be given.
 
Dinner, soft drinks and dessert are included
 
Entry tickets will be provided at the event once payment has been received.   Tickets are first come, first served. 
 
We look forward to seeing you there!

Construction on Sherbourne Park, a 1.5 hectare green space at the foot of Sherbourne Street on both sides of Queen’s Quay, was recently begun with a ceremonial sod-turning in which Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Minister responsible for the GTA, participated.  This park will anchor a large new development along the waterfront and was made possible by $20 million in funding from our Conservative Federal government.  It will open in the summer of 2010.

Get more details and see the concept photo at waterfronttoronto.ca!

We hope to post pictures of our recent townhall at The 519 Community Centre to a gallery on this site shortly, and we look forward to hosting many more townhalls as we build our civic engagement skills in advance of the next federal election.  

We encountered great fascination with what emergencies are possible, how the city prepares, and what neat stuff goes into an emergency kit, and we hope to do another one in the weeks to come that delves into emergency preparedness policy.

The Toronto Centre Conservative EDA has decided to host some policy and information townhalls, both to build our civic engagement capacity, and to serve the needs of our community.

So please join us for our first townhall of 2009, titled Ready for Anything? which will comprise presentations followed by a roundtable discussion on the topic of Emergency Preparedness.  In addition to talking about (and displaying!) the stuff your household needs to be ready for anything, this townhall will be your chance to get engaged on this issue, which is crucial to both community and country! 

Click here to register for free (so we know how much refreshment to get!)  Further details will appear here as they are confirmed.  Also, you can help us promote this event by downloading this handy flyer!

When: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Where: The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church Street

Who:  Chuck Konkel, a law enforcement professional and author
           Kevin Moore, ex-Salvation Army (our Conservative candidate)

Further resources:

• Getprepared.ca
• The Federal Emergency Preparedness departmental website
• The Federal Guide to Business Continuity Planning
• The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
• The Emergency Management Ontario website
• The Toronto Office of Emergency Management website

TORONTO, June 15, 2009 - Kevin Moore, a dedicated community activist and volunteer, has been acclaimed by the Toronto Centre Conservative Electoral District Association as their candidate for the next federal election in Toronto Centre.  A hard-working advocate and counsellor for Toronto’s most vulnerable communities and residents, Kevin has laboured for decades to bring peace, safety and prosperity to people of every age and origin who live in Toronto.

For the full release click here.

As of Tuesday, April 21, 2009, the EDA has struck its Candidate Nomination Committee.  We’re making a particularly strong effort in this electoral cycle to have a contested nomination. 

One thing we’re sure of: any potentially successful candidate should be able to bring in volunteers and donors.  That in particular bespeaks considerable experience and success in community service.

A record of successful teamwork and disciplined public commentary also shows a potential candidate’s ability to work with our party and articulate our policies and accomplishments to all kinds of voters.

It helps to be at the right stage of life, as it’s a major commitment of time. Trying to meet every member in the riding before the nomination meeting, and then every potential Conservative voter after that, is like having a job on top of your regular job!

Candidacy is an opportunity to put your patriotism and concern for your community into practice.  Also, campaigning furthers your ability to promote the causes and policies you support, particularly those aligned with conservative values of self-reliance, tradition, prudence, diversity and freedom.  

Where can such wonderful people be found?  Anywhere - that’s the beauty of living in a free country.  They could be your friend, your relative, your associate, your neighbour or your colleague. (Think: FRANC!)

So if you know a young conservative (big or small C!) with a few years of work experience under their belt, a conservative at mid-career ready to set the stage for a change, or an older conservative concluding their career, let them know: there’s an opportunity here, and they can talk to us any time about it. 

For further information please contact volunteers@cpc-torontocentre.ca or call 647-723-2151.