Politics trump family ties in Port Colborne mayoral race
It’s unclear what led to the brothers losing touch all those years ago. While Bill stayed in Port Colborne to run the family insurance business, Charles moved to Toronto for a number of years before returning 15 years ago.
“The only thing I’ll say is he’s made some bad decisions in his life,” Bill says. “He’s alienated his family and that’s where we are today.”Charles adds, “We just have different viewpoints on politics and life and things like that.”They still have yet to speak and neither has plans to call the other during the campaign. The only way communication between the two might happen is in a debate.
Charles says he plans on running a grassroots campaign with most of his time devoted to knocking on doors. He says he can’t afford an expensive advertising campaign. To succeed, he believes he needs to connect with voters who think the city needs a new direction.Municipal election sign rules vary from one Ontario municipality to anotherBill, meanwhile, is proud that the city’s downtown core has remained vibrant while other similar-sized cities suffer through high-vacancy rates.
“We’ve been lucky,” Bill says. “We’ve recruited three new doctors to Port Colburne in the last year and a half, creating more services at our local hospital, which is an urgent care centre. It’s not a full-fledged hospital anymore like it used to be when it was built in 1959.” And all those issues will be discussed as the election campaign unfolds — but nothing will be as curious to voters as Port Colburne’s battle of non-brotherly love.
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