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Peter Braid, the Conservative candidate for Kitchener-Waterloo in the May 2nd federal election, has been an effective and hard-working representative for the people of this constituency since he was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008. Throughout his career, Peter Braid has displayed a commitment to public service. In particular, he has served…

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I support Cathy MacLellan as the ideal candidate for Kitchener Waterloo, both as a Green and as an individual who is wholly dedicated to her community with experience in federal politics. She is both a mother and a caring volunteer, and understands what kind of leadership is necessary to strengthen our democracy. MacLellan knows the…

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Before voting in the May 2nd, The Cord has enlisted volunteers and community members to endorse the candidate they will be casting their vote for in the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo. Read each one and make an educated vote when you go to the polls next week. Read Peter Braid’s endorsement Read Bill Brown’s endorsement Read…

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It’s easy to be dismissive of a political organization with a name like the “Pirate Party.” Assuming one’s mind doesn’t go immediately to images of swashbucklers and gold doubloons, it’s easy to picture an association of basement-dwellers on self-hosted Usenet servers hocking bootleg movies and software encryption crackers. While I can’t speak for the personal…

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Unlike other candidates who are running for specified parties, independent candidate Richard Walsh-Bowers is not limited by a particular party’s platform and views. As such, he has free range to focus on issues that pertain specifically to our illustrious city. The five key issues that Walsh-Bowers focuses his campaign on include the economic, environmental, social,…

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Peter Braid wants voters in Kitchener-Waterloo to stay the course – to vote for a “strong, stable Conservative majority.” A government that bailed on Parliament twice, that has refused to disclose information to Parliament, that has wilfully misled Parliament, that wants to throw Canadian’s money around on pet-projects for Conservative strongholds, does not get to…

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On April 27th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a campaign stop at Sports Systems Unlimited in Waterloo, making a campaign announcement and meeting with local candidates for the Conservative Party of Canada. For Kitchener-Waterloo incumbent and Conservative Party candidate Peter Braid, Harper’s visit gave a boost to the local candidate’s campaigns. “Whenever the Prime Minister…

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On Wednesday April 27, six of the seven candidates of the Kitchener-Waterloo riding were in the University of Waterloo’s Student Life Centre, taking questions from students in a debate co-hosted by UW’s Federation of Students and the Wilfrid Laurier University Student’s Union. New Democrat Bill Brown, the Green Party’s Cathy MacLellan, Marxist-Leninst Julian Ichim, Pirate…

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With the opportunity of casting an early ballot over Easter weekend, the turnout at polling stations in the region and across Canada was a big success. In the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo, Elections Canada is reporting that 9,100 people voted over the course of the advance polling. “We definitely had a higher turnout on Friday than…

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Peter Braid, Conservative Party Representing the Conservative party, incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Braid is centering his campaign around fiscal responsibility and keeping taxes low. In his two-and-a-half years as the MP for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding, Braid has applauded the Federal Government for many investments in the community as part of Canada’s Economic Action…

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