Carter Antoine. (submitted photo/Carter Antoine campaign)

By Cam Lee

Yorkton-Melville NDP candidate

NDP’s Carter Antoine looks to make inroads in Yorkton-Melville

Oct 12, 2019 | 8:00 AM

The candidate representing the New Democratic Party in the Yorkton-Melville riding has been hitting the pavement ahead of the Oct. 21 vote.

Carter Antoine is studying economics at the University of Regina, and he told northeastNOW he received a lot of positive feedback on the doorsteps of the constituency, which stretches from St. Brieux to Hudson Bay to Esterhazy.

The cost of living is a major issue Antoine is hearing across the riding.

“People seem to really connect with what we want to do for people, and for good reason,” Antoine said. “I’ve talked to a lot of people who have had trouble making the choices between paying [for] their medication and their rent, people who work 40 hours a week but somehow are still falling behind.”

Antoine said the party’s platform is to establish a pharmacare program help vulnerable people. He said he chose to run under the NDP banner because the Conservatives and Liberals seem more interested in just getting elected rather than getting things done.

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“The Liberals said they were going to [implement pharmacare] in ’93,” Antoine said with a laugh. “I want to do what I say and I think the people at the NDP, I see them as honest…and I’ve really been privileged to work with them.”

Antoine added the Liberals never followed through with their promise to reform the voting structure.

Going door-to-door is Antoine’s favourite way of connecting with the residents of the Yorkton-Melville constituency.

“Talking to people and hearing what they have to say. I mean, you can read something in a book or on an article. But when somebody is looking you right in the eyes and they’re asking for help and they can’t afford their schizophrenia medication, and they think they’ll lose their job, you know it really puts things in perspective,” Antoine said. “So I think regardless of how things turn out it’s been a great experience and I’d like to thank all the people of Yorkton-Melville for how kind they’ve been.”

Antoine said his one priority is honesty to the voters, and he plans on fighting for what will he believes is best for the average working family.

northeastNOW has also reached out to Liberal candidate Carter Moen, Conservative incumbent Cathay Wagantall, and Stacey Wiebe of the Green Party, and we hope to have their stories published before the election Oct. 21.

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