NEWS RELEASE
TANYA SAARI CAMPAIGN
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Barrie business women Tanya Saari has agreed to run as the federal Liberal candidate in the riding of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte (BSOM) in the next election.
“I am excited to accept this challenge and I look forward to meeting more people in the riding on doorsteps and at events even as we follow pandemic protocols and social distancing. Political issues have always been a passion for me and I believe I can advocate strongly for the people of this riding in Parliament,” says Saari.
She is a well-known, self-employed realtor in the Barrie area, but is a relative newcomer to elected politics. Saari did run for Barrie Council in the municipal election of 2018 and a byelection in 2019.
She said there are three major issues that are important to people in the BSOM riding that need to be addressed at the national level: the environment and global warming; building a stronger, better and more inclusive economy after the pandemic; and protecting and improving social infrastructure from child care to support for seniors.
BSOM Liberal Electoral Riding Association chairperson Scott MacLeod said his executive is thrilled to have a candidate of Saari’s calibre run in the next election.
“We had several high-quality candidates consider running in BSOM, but in the end Tanya was the person ready to commit fully to the grind of a political campaign and she did the work to be ready when the call came. She was acclaimed as the nominee by the National Party and our Executive,” says MacLeod.
Saari is already busy organizing her campaign, but will continue to operate her business until the writ for the election is dropped.
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