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1 6 stouffville suntribune thursday dec 15 2005 staff photosjoerd witteveen jennet abbott was one of seven conservative supporters who joined the callow caravan saturday to see tory leader stephen harper in mississauga tim hortons free holiday skating its our way of saying thanks k wed like to thank you with a way to glide through the season with a smile enjoy free holiday skating compliments of your local tim hortons let us show you our appreciation for being a part of the markham community visit us for a schedule of ice times and locations then come on out and join in the fun together with you making good things happen spirited conservatives ride stronach on bus tour callow takes faithful to see tory leader by joan ransberry staff writer after conservative leader stephen harper promised to crack down on gun violence and tackle corruption stouffville res ident jennet abbott was glad shed worn her handknitted blue and white toque a proud conservative wearing the party colours was natural i like what harpers saying about seniors and i like bob cal low mrs abbott said im wor ried about the way liberal leader paul martin is throwing our money around i worked all my life to pay for my house i dont want it taxed away in my old age mrs abbott was one of seven oakridgesmarkham conserva tives to travel by bus to the mis sissauga saturday to take part in the harper rally while the conservative caval cade organized by oak ridges- markham candidate bob callow was small it was spirited all seven on board agreed the liberals need to be given the boot oak ridgesmarkham liberal incumbent lui temelkovski name was never mentioned oh the bus instead the passengers took turns bashing auroranew market liberal incumbent belin da stronach the conservatives were not in a forgiving mood theyre not about to overlook ms stronach abandoning the conservatives stephen harper will stand up for canada i like him because he worries about the whole country and not just one province vito ierullo wtiitchurchstoujfville voter for the liberals earlier this year and gaining a cabinet position when one passenger called ms stronach a turncoat and an opportunist whos riding on her rich daddys coat tales the oth ers were quick to agree shes a traitor four or five of the bus passengers yelled mr callow 59 is marking his third attempt for a seat in the house of commons if i didnt think bob could win i wouldnt be voting for him oak ridges resident roger farguson said its time to put an end to a government led by scandal failed experiences and broken promises mr harper told the 600 party faithful when the party leader intro duced his agenda of tax cuts tough law and order measures and ethics in government the crowd approved let the liberals pursue their phony strategy banning guns that are already banned fight ing a referendum in quebec that no ones having and argu ing with the united states over a treaty the liberals havent implemented themselves mr harper said thats what you get when your only record is a corruption record from a judge markham resident joyce ramer was thrilled by the party leaders performance harpers got an energy that i havent seen before she said even though the liberals are ahead in the national polls and hold six of the seven york region ridings john maceachern of schomberg is sure the tories will win the local riding and go on to form the government jan 23 the liberals have been caught flatfooted mr maceach ern said all they do is respond to conservative policies mr harpers political image has improved over the last year paul dean of markham said harper is more relaxed and more at ease he said mean while his wife marilyn was just as pleased harpers changed mrs dean said harpers improved and hes on the move vito ierullo of north whitchurchstouffville stressed mr harper is a federalist stephen harper will stand up for canada mr ierullo said i like him because he worries about the whole country and not just one province theres a need for democratic reform across canada alex chreston of richmond hill said a political science university stu dent mr chreston welcomes the winter campaign the last time i wasnt that impressed by mr harper the 20year old said this time i am i