While our riding is getting negative attention federally, not so on the provincial level.
But things did get a little more interesting this week with an announcement from the provincial leader of the Green Party.
Mike Schreiner will be running against incumbent Jim Wilson in the next provincial vote in October of 2011.
Schreiner says even though Simcoe Grey has pretty much always been blue, 11.4 percent of the vote in 2007 in the riding was for the Greens.
He tells us many people in the riding have been receptive to the Green Party’s pledge to support small businesses and family farmers as well as promote local food.
And even though the election is still a year and a half away, Progressive Conservative MPP Jim Wilson has announced he’s running to keep his seat.
Wilson says since he’s been at Queens Park for 20 years he feels his seniority can help get things done for the people in the riding of Simcoe Grey.