SIOUX LOOKOUT – The Liberals have nominated Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance as the party’s candidate in the new Northern Ontario riding of Kiiwetinoong.
Lawrance says he brings the experience and knowledge of the entire riding and the way all levels of government work, including First Nations and municipal, qualities he believes would prove invaluable at Queen’s Park.
“I am honoured to be running on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s team, to fight for the care and services Northern Ontario needs through policies that will enhance access to health- and long-term care, provide free prescription medication, extend the clean electricity grid to northern First Nations, develop of the Ring of Fire and provide a $15-an-hour minimum wage,” Lawrance said in a release issued on Thursday night.
The Progressive Conservatives earlier this year selected Clifford Bull to be their nominee in the riding, one of two new voting districts created as a result of the 2016 census.
The election is scheduled for June 7.
