\u0027The majority of Canadians are incredibly reasonable people who just want their government to do what it does well, get on with life and stop the screaming,\u0027
The two-term MP was first elected to office as a local councillor in Huntsville at the age of 21, just six years after he rejected the Jehovah’s Witness faith in which he was raised and walked out of the family home. “My father said I had to accept his rules to live in his house. I said ok. The next day I went to school and I never slept a night in that house again.”
His “YIMBY plan to build more homes” reflects that experience in Huntsville. “I’d challenge people who opposed a new four-unit apartment building on their street because it didn’t look like their home, so they’d be ashamed and leave. I have no patience for that garbage,” he said. Aitchison is aware that he is a long shot — relatively unknown with French language skills that are a work-in-progress.
Despite the mounting evidence, Aitchison retains a belief that Canadians are tired of partisan fighting.Article content
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