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Shannon Devine

Shannon Devine

Sep 28, 2026

30:33
What are people looking for? What is the message you want to hear from
30:35
me? I think people, I think the message that was working on the doors was that we're talking about sending a local representative to Ottawa on your behalf and people that really seem to resonate.
30:49
And it was helped by the fact that we in Toronto, we had the issue around the Billy Bishop Island Airport expansion, which is huge for the whole city of Toronto.
30:59
But also, during that fight, we didn't hear from any of the Liberal MPs, including ministers, in Toronto the entire time.
31:10
And so people knew that.
31:13
They had it in their mind.
31:14
And all you had to do was talk to them about that.
35:41
Um, thoughts about how successful you were able to be in that zone or ideas for the future to make things, make bigger impact for labor?
4:35
I'm curious what the most frequent themes and concerns were that you heard on the doorstep.
4:40
Definitely the lack of affordable housing.
4:42
That was huge.
4:43
Healthcare, it hasn't come up in the national picture, but because Beaches East York, like a lot of ridings, have an aging population and a lot of families living there, healthcare is very top of mind for people.
4:56
And in Ontario, I know that you're in British Columbia with a much better premier, and I'm so happy for you.
5:01
But here in Ontario, we have Doug Ford, and he's cut the heck out of healthcare.
5:05
And so people, if you... have to go to the hospital, you're waiting for a full day, you know, and you are less likely to have a family doctor and all of these things, right? And people are feeling the impact of that.

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27:54
Are you seeing differences and concerns from a rural and urban perspective? urban union members and and uh union locals or is this really you're just one of those perceptions that you unfortunately gets sort of circled over and over again

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