Thanksgiving Message to Canadians

This Thanksgiving We Can All be Thankful for Many Things…

We can be thankful for our men and women in the Canadian Forces who serve our nation with honour and distinction.

We can be thankful that we live in a democratic country that respects the rule of law and permits people to vote for any political party they choose.

We can be thankful for the rights and freedoms that every Canadian can enjoy.


e can be thankful for the beauty of our country and for our steadfast commitment to protecting the environment for today and for future generations.



Most importantly, we can all give thanks for our families and friends and that each one of us is able to call Canada our home.



To You and Yours, Best Wishes for a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving



Dan McTeague

Pickering-Scarborough East

Standing Up For You

First Ever Online Townhall

Dan was able to take questions for an hour tonight on many issues. This has to be the first time that a Liberal politician has been able to act in such an interactive online forum.

Jamie Callingham, the New Media chair for the campaign moderated the questions, and kept Dan answering them at a good pace. He edited and moderated the order of the questions sent on facebook and twitter, as well as those in the ustream chatroom.

Dan took questions on the issues of gas prices, the green shift, Omar Khadr, transportation in Durham Region, Western Alienation, and various other issues.

Dan was able to use his depth of knowledge to frankly and honestly answer every question given to him. He didn't use the spin and rhetoric we usually associate with Stephen Harper and Jack Layton.

The Townhall Meeting will be shown on the votemcteague.ca website by tomorrow. Feel free to watch it and make your own judgements on one of the members of the strong Liberal team.

Online Townhall Meeting Tonight!!!!

Tonight at 8pm Dan will be holding a live townhall meeting via Dan's Live Channel on Ustream.tv This is your change to get your answers answered live by Dan!

There are 2 ways to get your questions submitted and answered and you can START POSTING YOUR QUESTIONS NOW!

1) You can post questions in our Forums HERE at www.votemcteague.ca! to be answered in the sequence received.

2) You will also be able to submit LIVE questions via Twitter during our live online broadcast, and via the LIVE ustream.tv channel chat which will be active during the event!

On October 3rd we will send out a reminder to join us for the LIVE TOWNHALL on Dan's Live Channel @ Ustream.tv (which you can get to by clicking this link!)

See you there!

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT IF YOU ARE NOT YET A FREE MEMBER OF THIS SITE:
If you are not a member of this site yet please click the "join our network" link below - its completely free, then on this page please select
"Will attend" to register for this event!
Dan will be answering ALL submitted questions!

Dan McTeague Energy tour Lindsay and Port Perry

On Tuesday September 30, the Dan McTeague energy tour will be making 2 very important stops east of the GTA.

Dan will be visiting the riding Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, Dan will be at the Lindsay Dry Cleaners on 211 Kent Street at 11am. After that Dan will be hosting a roundtable discussion with Marlene White, at the Common Grounds Coffee House from 12 noon to 1pm.

At 3pm Dan wil take his tour to the riding of Durham, where he will have a press conference and event with Bryan Ransom at the Sunny's Gas station in Port Perry, located at 1625 Scugog Street.

Dan will be meeting with both the public and the media. We will be looking forward to seeing you at these events.

Dan McTeague Visits Hamilton Mountain

On Tuesday September 16, 2008, the Dan McTeague Energy tour came to Hamilton Mountain. Dan McTeague visited the campaign office of Tyler Banham. Dan has never met Tyler before, but they hit it off really well and Dan was impressed with Tyler's grassroots approach and passion for the Liberal party.

Dan and Tyler discussed gas prices, as well as the consular issues which is an important issue in a riding as diverse as Hamilton Mountain. The enthusiastic crowd ate up the story of Dan helping a constituent of the Mountain get out of a tough situation in a foreign country.

After doing some press, and talking with the crowd. Dan and Tyler hit the ground running doing a canvass. They worked hard to complete a poll, and Dan and Tyler spread the Liberal message of the green shift and the Office of Petroleum Pricing Monitoring Agency which would help to ensure fair and transparent pricing for gasoline in Canada.


After Canvassing a poll, Tyler left a distinctive impression with Dan.
Dan said of Tyler. "We need to get Tyler elected in the House of Commons, He will give the people of Hamilton Mountain a grassroots voice and will represent his community with distinction."












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Dan Visiting Heather Carter's Campaign Opening in Niagara West Glanbrook

Dan's busy Monday concluded with a bang, as Dan visited the Campaign office of Heather Carter, the Liberal candidate for Niagara West Glanbrook official campaign office opening. There was crowd of over 150 people there to see Dan and Heather talk about the Green shift and a richer, fairer, Greener Canada.

The Liberal association in this riding has a great amount of enthusiasm and energy, and will probably surprise a lot of people in the election. The gas issue is very important in a riding as vast and varying as Niagara West Glanbrook, and Dan's message resonated with the audience.

Dan gave a rousing speech, and ended up hanging around for about an hour talking to local citizens about many different issues they had. It was a very successful event, and shows that the Liberals have strength in all parts of Ontario.

Dan McTeague Energy Tour stops in Burlington

On Monday afternoon, Dan's energy tour shifted to the important swing riding of Burlington. Dan met up with Paddy Torsney, who served Burlington from 1992-2006 as their MP.

Dan and Paddy talked about gas prices and the oil industry's recent profiteering off the Canadian public. Paddy and Dan went on to discuss the R.E.S.P bill, which the current member of parliament in Burlington voted against. Dan went on to field questions from the audience.

Afterwards, Dan and Paddy went on a canvass where the dominating issue of the afternoon was gas prices, and what The Green Shift will do to help cope with the monopolistic oil industry







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Dan visiting Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale

On Monday September 15, Dan McTeague set out from Pickering-Scarborough East to tour the important Golden horseshoe ridings

First stop on the Dan McTeague Energy Tour, was Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale. Dan met with candidate Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek. Arlene is running in a very diverse riding, that consists of 4 different communities, and ares with distinct issues regarding gas and energy uses.

Arlene and Dan went to a local gas station to have a press conference with local media. Dan and Arlene discussed gas prices and the effect it has on the economy of ADFW. Here are a few snapshots from the press conference.

Back Home in Pickering-Scarborough East

Dan spent all of Monday and Tuesday touring important ridings in the Golden Horseshoe region. Dan discussed the gas pricing issue in depth with citizens and was well received. In depth tour update to come.

Dan McTeague Energy Tour starts today!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan McTeague will be touring Ontario, starting today to discuss energy issues.
Dan Will be in the Golden Horseshoe this week, starting on Monday September 15, at

Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, visiting with Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek, and the

Campaign Office at 179 King Street West in Dundas, at 10:00 am to talk with local voters to discuss the gas price issue.

In the afternoon, Dan will be visiting Burlington to chat with Paddy Torsney, the Liberal candidate for the Burlington riding at 1pm. The office is located at 3350 Fairview Street, and Dan will be taking questions from you, the public.

Lastly but not least, Dan will be attending the opening of Heather Carter's campaign office in Niagara West-Glanbrook. This will be at 7pm, and their office is located at 61 Main St. East Grimsby .

Dan will be highlighting important issues in these communities, and we hope to see you there.

Team McTeague

Campaign Launch!!!!

Hundreds of people turned out and braved the rain to attend the official campaign opening and barbeque. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the food. After the event, Dan went canvassing with a large group of supporters. Another group of supporters dropped all the literature in the office (another huge load of lit will be delievered tomorrow)! All in all it was a very successful launch to the campaign in Pickering-Scarborough East.

Dan McTeague on Twitter

Dan McTeague campaign now has a twitter account, we will be sending important campaign and gas price updates from this awesome new medium.

http://www.twitter.com/danmcteague

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Team McTeague

Gas Price Chaos

Team McTeague was present as the gas station chaos hit the Greater Toronto Area. Dan was at a Shell Station in Pickering, listening to consumers vent about the absurdity of the 12 cent gas hike they were waiting in line to avoid. Dan took time out of his busy schedule to do interviews with mainstream media as well as talk to voters in Pickering about the important issues. Once again, Dan is proving why he is so popular in the riding.

Dan McTeague, All over the National Media

The National Media has given Dan serious Kudos for helping Consumers save money, and exposing the hypocricy of big oil

MSN news

Globe and Mail

Toronto Sun

London Free Press

City News

CFRB Radio Toronto

660 News Calgary

640 News Toronto

Hamilton Spectator

Dan McTeague will be on Global news at 11

Dan McTeague will be appearing on Toronto's Global News at 11 PM tonight to discuss the gas price hike with the anchor

Official campaign Open House

We would like to invite you all to the official Campaign Opening and BBQ.

This will be happening at our campaign office located at 428, and 422 Kingston Road in Pickering, on Saturday September 13, from 1-3pm. (north side of Kingston Road, east of Rougemont)

This event will be a great time to meet Dan and discuss the campaign and issues.

Thanks
-Team McTeague

Dion comes to Durham

Here are a few snapshots from the Mark Holland/Dan Mcteague hosted rally In Pickering. It was a great show with Martha Hall Findlay, John McCallum, Bryan Ransom, and Brent Fullard all making strong appearances at the rally.
Here are a few snapshots courtesy of Team Mcteague's photography unit.

First Monday of the campaign.

Here is the first pictures of our campaign office. We have 2 offices right next to each other on Kingston Road in Pickering. We have 428, and 422 Kingston Road. Its on the north side, and you will find many cars parked here and 2 houses full of volunteers working hard to get Dan re-elected.

If you live in the riding, don't be surprised if you run into Dan, holding a clipboard and canvassing in the riding. Feel free to ask him what tomorrow gas prices are.

Tomorrow is big day in the eastern GTA, as Stephane Dion will be making a stop in Pickering. Dan McTeague will be giving a speech before the leader, and Team McTeague will be out in full force. The Rally is at 5:30 pm, at Mark Holland's campaign office, which is located at 1750 Pickering Parkway, in the Pickering Annex. There is also a rumour that there will be some special guests to go along with the leader, Team McTeague will have pictures and all the details of this event.

Remember to visit http://mcteague.ca/WebPages/gas_price_today.htm so you can save at the pumps.

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-Team McTeague

The official campaign begins

It became official today, the writ has officially dropped, and team Mcteague has hit the ground running for the election in 2008. Here is a picture of Dan putting the final touches into our campaign office, which is located at 428 Kingston Road, in Pickering. That is just east of Rougemont, on the north side of Kingston Road.

This blog is going to highlight our adventures in Pickering-Scarborough east, as well as highlight Dan McTeague as he travels around Ontario discussing energy issues with the public in various ridings. The schedule of Dan, and his travels across Ontario will be up on here within the next 24 hours.

It will be a campaign digest as well as a forum for Dan and Team Mcteague to talk about important issues surrounding the election.

Our website is at www.votemcteague.ca, and that site along with this blog will be updated on a regular basis. At our website you can find out how to volunteer, donate, and sign up to take a sign if you live in the riding. So stay tuned as you will find an interesting perspective updated on a daily basis by Dan, and our campaign team.