The Green Party candidate in Huron-Bruce is hitting the campaign trail.
Kincardine area farmer Jutta Splettstoesser will carry the Green banner into the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history, which she says comes at a pivotal time for the riding.
She predicts the future economics of Huron-Bruce will be a major campaign topic, adding she will be promoting the development of smart economics locally.
Splettstoesser says there needs to be discussion about future nuclear refurbishments at Bruce Power, as well as Ontario Power Generation's proposed deep geologic repository project.
"The Green Party is the only party that actually have come forward, our leader Elizabeth May said there should be no burial of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes basin," says Splettstoesser.
The next federal Minister of Environment will be tasked with determining if the OPG plan will move ahead, which proposes to bury low-and-intermediate level nuclear waste nearly 700-metres below the Bruce nuclear site.
Splettstoesser ran unsuccessfully last fall in the municipal election in Kincardine, but says she will be using that experience to pursue a seat in Ottawa.
She compares the campaign trail to one long job interview, adding that while she will be promoting the Green platform, it's also important to listen to voters to hear what they want to happen in their communities.
Splettstoesser is challenging incumbent Conservative Ben Lobb, as well as Liberal Allan Thompson and the NDP's Gerard Creces.