Am I the only one that finds this an interesting choice? She won't win...Peter is pretty big down here. Or at least he was. But, anyways, it should garner them some pretty good attention - I guess that is the reason for her choosing this riding? Why not run in BC where they have had traditionally pretty good support?
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...318?hub=Canada
The leader of the federal Green party admits she faces an uphill fight to a seat in Parliament by trying to knock off Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay in his Nova Scotia riding.
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He won the riding by 3,300 votes in 2006, capturing more than 40 per cent of the vote. David Orton -- his Green Party opponent -- got the support of 671 voters, or 1.6 per cent of the vote. Second place went to the NDP.
MacKay has represented Central Nova since 1997, and his father Elmer held it from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.
May said despite the fact MacKay holds a senior cabinet position, the Atlantic riding he represents has been "neglected" in the Conservative government's recent spending sprees in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. May said she would bring "immediate economic returns" to Central Nova.
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May said she is also looking forward to taking on a high-profile member of a party she says has abandoned its progressive roots and made a "serious miscalculation" when it merged with the Canadian Alliance.
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There have been rumours the Liberals will go soft on the Central Nova fight to help May, but both May and Liberal Leader Stephane Dion deny that.
"We don't have any deal. But that's not saying that I haven't talked to many of my friends in this riding who traditionally support the New Democrats and traditionally support the Liberals, and I know that locally there are people who will want to help me win this riding," May said.
The Green Party doesn't hold a seat in Parliament. But recent polls suggest support for the Greens is either tied with, or just slightly behind, the New Democrats.
May finished second in a federal byelection last fall in the Ontario riding of London North-Centre, placing second with 26 per cent support. Green support has been strong in portions of B.C..