(Victoria) Now that Prime Minister Harper has called the Victoria federal by-election for November 26, Liberal candidate, Paul Summerville says he is raring to go.

“I am looking forward to running for rationality in the way Victoria taxpayers’ money is spent,” says Summerville. “We must stop this mad plan for an unnecessary and expensive sewage treatment plant for Victoria, a billion dollar boondoggle. We need to spend those limited funds on things Victorians really want and need. The Conservative/NDP priorities are simply wrong.”

Summerville, a world-renowned economist, and an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, knows that if you waste a billion dollars on a mad sewage treatment plan, there will be no money left to spend on 21st Century transportation infrastructure, housing the homeless, storm sewer improvements and other pressing local issues.

“Science matters. My opponents are defending spending huge amounts of money with no evidence to back them up. I’m not afraid to stand up and to say that I will do everything I can to stop this insanity.

I want to bring back the reasoned approach that our former Liberal Member of Parliament, David Anderson, always brought to Ottawa. Let’s rekindle the light of liberalism and rationality in Victoria. November 26 is your chance to have your say.”

Summerville has already been campaigning hard in the pre-writ period. He and his campaign team are ready to redouble their efforts now that the by-election has been called.

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