Both the national and provincial Communist Party have made their
presence known in Guelph the last several years, and why not? It's only
fitting because the party, the second oldest registered political party
in the country, was started right here in Guelph in 1921. For the last
several years, Drew Garvie has carried the Communist flag - as it were -
in the Royal City, but with Garvie moving on to Toronto, the local
Communist Party has turned to Junita Burnett to speak for the working
class in the...
Both the national and provincial Communist Party have made their
presence known in Guelph the last several years, and why not? It's only
fitting because the party, the second oldest registered political party
in the country, was started right here in Guelph in 1921. For the last
several years, Drew Garvie has carried the Communist flag - as it were -
in the Royal City, but with Garvie moving on to Toronto, the local
Communist Party has turned to Junita Burnett to speak for the working
class in the 2014 Provincial Election.
Burnett is an
employee of the University of Guelph, working as a library technician,
and she credits education and its treatment under the Mike Harris
Progressive Conservative government as the reason she got into politics.
Although she's not as practiced with campaigning as Garvie, and who
wouldn't be after four elections, she's no less passionate about issues
concerning workers, the poor, and the disenfranchised. When we talked
last week, Burnett was fresh off her first two debates and was still
getting her feet wet, so to speak, as far as campaign's concerned, which
was refreshing if only because sometimes, even interviewing local
candidates, they know exactly what they want to say and how to say it.
Over
the course of our interview, Burnett talked about the Communist Party
axum "people's needs before corporate greed" and how the party intends
to level that playing field. She also talked about how Tim Hudak's plan
to cut 100,000 public service workers will affect people like her who
are employed as frontline public sector employees, and more personally
she talks about her initial experience as a candidate and why she may
need to run a second time to get out the kinks.
You can stream the episode here, or download it from the source here.
The theme music for Guelph Politicast is "Volksing Ferretismico" by Goto80 and the Uwe Schenk Band from Silent Movie Pianos 1 - Action and Marches.
And
as with previous podcasts featuring provincial election candidates,
there's a video segment. Find out what representing Guelph at Queen's
Park means to Juanita Burnett here.
The music used in the "What does it mean to you to represent the
people of Guelph at Queen's Park?" video segment is "Good to Go" by
Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Pt 2 available on freemusicarchive.org.
For more information on Guelph candidates, go to Elections Ontario's website wemakevotingeasy.ca.
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