Stephen Fuhr, the Liberal candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country, is encouraging voters to vote with their mind instead of their heart during next month91裸聊视频檚 federal election on Oct. 21.

91裸聊视频淟et91裸聊视频檚 face it. The NDP is not getting into government nor are the Greens. That has got to weigh into your consciousness,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淲e have a two-horse race and the consequences to a blue (Conservative) government will really take away everything that the Greens and the NDP believe in 91裸聊视频� and even the Liberals.91裸聊视频�

Fuhr said all of this rolls into what he calls a 91裸聊视频渂usiness decision91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� commonly known as strategic voting.

91裸聊视频淚t shouldn91裸聊视频檛 be an emotional (decision),91裸聊视频� said Fuhr, during an all-candidates forum on Sept. 19.

91裸聊视频淭he Conservatives aren91裸聊视频檛 going to deliver on what 80 per cent of Canadians want, so the way to stop that from happening would be to vote for the progressive person that can actually win.91裸聊视频�

When asked if he was encouraging strategic voting in the upcoming election, Fuhr said to 91裸聊视频渧ote for the things that you care about but think about who can actually deliver those things.91裸聊视频�

Fuhr continued, saying its ultimately an individual decision and he hopes people vote for him based on the representation he gave his constituents over the past four years in Ottawa.

Other candidates in the riding took issue with Fuhr91裸聊视频檚 sentiment.

91裸聊视频淭he Liberals ran on a platform of electoral reform in 2015, they abandoned that in 2016 and the entire idea of electoral reform and proportional representation 91裸聊视频� which is what the committee recommended 91裸聊视频� is to avoid the need to vote strategically entirely,91裸聊视频� said Justin Kulik of the NDP.

91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 a little backwards for the Liberals to have voted against adopting that report and then here in 2019 during the election, again telling voters that they need to vote strategically.91裸聊视频�

The Green Party91裸聊视频檚 Travis Ashley said that approaching the voting booth as a business decision is 91裸聊视频渢errible advice.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淪trategic voting seems to have not been working for the past 50 some-odd years,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淲e need to start voting with our hearts.91裸聊视频�

Capital News reached out to Tracy Gray, the local Conservative candidate, for comment, but did not hear back before deadline.

In 2015, Fuhr won Kelowna-Lake Country with just over 4,000 votes, however this came in part due to a deal between Fuhr and the riding91裸聊视频檚 Green Party candidate at the time, Gary Adams.

Adams agreed to drop out of the race and support Fuhr in return for Fuhr promoting parts of the Green Party platform if elected. This resulted in a but no penalties were persued.

While not happy about it at the time, the deal was not opposed by federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May and she did not name another Green candidate to replace Adams in the riding in 2015.

-With files from Alistair Waters

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