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   A right wing candidate and ex-mayor defending the scare tactics of the Harper   
   Cons.   
   She couldn't even control the 'terror' in her own city, but she defends this   
   kind of campaign tactic of the party she's running for . . . .     
      
   Rightwingers just never quit their bullshit, do they?   
      
   NDP candidate for South Surrey-White Rock:  Pixie Hobby   
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   Globe and Mail - September 22, 2015   
      
   Surrey candidate says 'scare tactics' not used in Tory election flyer   
      
      
   Former Surrey mayor, who is now seeking federal office with the Conservative   
   Party, says terrorism is an issue 'we have to be dealing with'   
      
   Former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts, now running federally for the Conservatives,   
   is defending a party flyer that promises the Tories will "fight jihadist   
   terrorists at home and abroad" and warns voters "will not feel secure in your   
   bedrooms."   
      
   Ms. Watts is seeking to transition from municipal to federal politics by   
   winning South Surrey-White Rock, but her Liberal rival says the Conservative   
   message is fear mongering.   
      
   Not so, says Ms. Watts.   
      
   "There's no intention of fear mongering or scare tactics," she said in an   
   interview Tuesday.  "The message that has to be delivered is that the   
   Conservative government has said and is prepared to help the people in Syria   
   and be part of the coalition.      
   That is the message there."     ◕‿↼       
      
   Ms. Watts said the flyer was generated and mailed by the party in Ottawa.   
      
   "On the national front, we have to be dealing with these issues.  We can't get   
   around it."   
      
   The flyer features a newspaper graphic with the headline "ISIS Urges Jihadists   
   To Attack Canadians," plus the subhead "You Will Not Feel Secure In Your   
   Bedrooms," credited to The National Post newspaper from Sept. 21, 2014.   
      
   "I believe that quote was made directly from ISIS [Islamic State]," said Ms.   
   Watts.   
      
   Indeed, an article published by the newspaper on that date attributes the   
   quote to Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who made the comments   
   in a video that urged attacks against Canadians.   
      
   The flyer also features art of NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair with the label "Can't   
   Afford!" and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau with the label "Just Not Ready."   
      
   Ms. Watts was a popular three-term mayor of Surrey, the province's   
   second-largest city, and once seen as a likely successor to B.C. Liberal   
   premier Gordon Campbell until she decided to rule out the option due to family   
   commitments.  Former education    
   minister Christy Clark went on to win the provincial Liberal leadership.   
      
   She has said in the past that she chose to run for the Tories because she   
   appreciated what she saw as the forthright foreign-policy stands of   
   Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.   
      
   Asked if South Surrey-White Rock voters have raised the issue of jihadi   
   terrorists, Ms. Watts said they have talked about the plight of people caught   
   up in the Syrian conflict.   
      
   Judy Higginbotham, who is running for the Liberals in the riding, said Ms.   
   Watts is pushing fear by suggesting there are terrorists in their midst.   
      
   The former long-time Surrey city councillor said national security is a   
   "sacred trust" to every party, and the barbed rhetoric just "seems out of   
   character" for Ms. Watts. Ms Higginbotham worked with Ms. Watts on council for   
   many years and says she    
   respects her as having been a largely successful mayor.   
      
   "She's entitled to her point of view.  The party is entitled to its point of   
   view, but I think the party went overboard and I think it's totally   
   inappropriate to push the issue the way she pushed it."   
      
   She said she wondered if the flyer suggests the Tories are worried about   
   holding the reconfigured South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale riding they won   
   with 55 per cent of the vote in 2011, compared with 20 per cent for the NDP   
   and 17 per cent for the    
   Liberals.   
      
   Earlier this month, Joy Davies stepped down as the Liberal candidate due to   
   controversial pro-marijuana comments.  Ms. Higginbotham said she just became   
   the new candidate last Thursday.     
      
   She has lived in the area for 40 years and ran federally for the Liberals in   
   2004. She said she decided overnight to run and was green-lighted and   
   nominated.   
      
      
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