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Liberal MP to head weekend rally at Kits Coast Guard Base
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Shane Woodford | Email news tips to shane.woodford@corusent.com
9/28/2012

There will be another rally to try and save the Kitsilano Coast Guard base Saturday morning. 

The Rally is being organized by Vancouver Liberal MP Hedy Fry. 

She says it is time the federal government listened to the overwhelming chorus of voices opposing the move and warning of the consequences. 

"C'mon this is...we are not beating you up as a government we are just saying look say you made a mistake say you are going to change it because lives are at stake."

Fry says she is trying to make it a non-partisan effort and has invited everyone, even political rivals. 

 "And I know some NDP MP's have accepted and are going to be coming I have not heard back from the Conservative MP's but I am saying we are going to go there and we are going to stand up and speak and say time for you to say lets change this we are not closing the Kits Coast Guard station."

 She says while most of BC's Conservative MP's have either toed the line on the decision only one, Nanaimo Alberni Tory MP James Lunney has spoken against the Coast Guard cuts. 

 "He spoke out once and then he has been quiet as well but they are whipped these guys don't dare say anything I mean they have been getting into trouble I know their constituents on this, but they haven't spoken out but I guess when it comes to being afraid they are more afriad of their boss Stephen Harper than they are of the people who elected them."

Fry says she hopes people will turn out regardless of their political stripe. 

"And if British Columbians and especially people who live in Vancouver and all along the area that is serviced by this Kits Coast Guard base that we should stand up and say you know what we are going to speak together regardless of how we vote regardless of where we come from lets get together because this is about the safety of people this is about lives."

The rally begins at 10:30 Saturday morning outside Kits base in Vanier Park. 


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  1. Victor posted on 09/28/2012 11:56 PM
    Did Ms Fry wait to see which te wind was blowing beofre stepping up to the plate.Did she give a rationale for her sudden jumping aboard the issue?
    Does she understandthe issue?

    She is a sad apology for an MP. All photo ops and swanning nothing of substance for the constituency.
    How about getting Granville Islanf back on track for the residents. And not just for tourist?
    Encouraging more ferry's stations to and from GI from the West End and beyond wWould be a start
    Dear Hedy get creative for all of your constituents not just a few!
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 09/29/2012 12:51 PM
      @Victor Right on the money ! Just another opportunistic politician searching for a way to get some publicity-
  2. WilliamS_3961 posted on 09/29/2012 01:50 PM
    Aren't there some crosses burning on front lawns up north Ms. Fry should be looking after ???
  3. KenL_6250 posted on 09/29/2012 02:22 PM
    Dysfunctional Liberal will show up with her 100 hundred people again
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