STATEMENT by Robert-Falcon Ouellette: Pat Martin Does NotLive on Saltspring Island.

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Statement by Robert-Falcon OuelletteCampaign: Pat Martin Does Not Live onSaltspring Island Media Release - Sept 16, 2015

On Saturday September 12th, NDP MP Pat Martin personally expressedconcerns to Liberal Candidate for MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette that hisconstituents were being misinformed that he no longer lives in WinnipegCentre, and that he lives on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.

Mr. Martin has publicly stated that he will sue for libel anyone who suggeststhat he lives on Salt Spring Island. As Mr. Martin told the Winnipeg Free Press“I know a thing or two about libel.” We defer to his expertise in this area.

Therefore, we wish to make it absolutely clear that the official position ofRobert-Falcon Ouellette and his campaign for Liberal MP in Winnipeg Centre,in public and in private, is that Pat Martin does not live on Salt Spring Island.

It is true that former NDP Leader Jack Layton, writing in his book: "SpeakingOut Louder: Ideas That Work For Canadians” thanked "Martin and his wife forloaning their Saltspring Island farmhouse for secluded writing”

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But Pat Martin does not live on Saltspring Island.

On Friday, August 10, 2012, the Salt Spring Island NDP Club held a potluckfeaturing "our usual stimulating summer presentation by Salt Spring's "other"Member of Parliament, Pat Martin."

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But Pat Martin does not live on Salt Spring Island.

It is true that on July 30th 2013, the NDP Association in BC for SaltspringIsland invited guests to hear "an Ottawa update from Salt Spring's unofficialMP, Pat Martin”

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This visit occurred during what Global News described as “an extendedsabbatical” during summer on Salt Spring Island, where Mr. Martin does notlive.

The Parliament of Canada’s Member’s expenditure report for 2014-15 showthat on July 4, 2014, Pat Martin spent $84.08 with three guests at “The BeachHouse” in Vancouver, and on July 11, 2014, he spent $284.44 at “TheLaughing Oyster” in Powell River with three guests to “celebrate a significantevent”.

Both restaurants are in the province of British Columbia, as is Salt SpringIsland, where Pat Martin does not live.

When Pat Martin says he does not live on Saltspring Island, British Columbia,we take him at his word.

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