Friday was pretty busy in Windsor with the Canadian Winter Election in full swing. Two of the Three major party leaders were in Windsor Campaigning. Prime Minister Paul Martin of the Liberal Party was in town as was Jack Layton of the N.D.P. party.
First in town was Paul Martin.
Martin in flying around in this first class luxury Boeing 727. During the summer months, this plane is leased by the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
With the Prime Minister in town also comes a large contingent of Secret Service type RCMP officers. Note the over abundance of Black Grand Marquis’.
After a quick visit to a controlled Photo Op at the Daimler Chrysler Plant, the PM hustled out of town to get to Montreal for another photo op. with Bill Clinton. No public events for this quick visit, media only.
Next to arrive, just after Martin’s departure was Jack Layton of the NDP. Here Layton is seen descending the steps of his Aircraft.
The NDP’s Airbus 319, kind of spartan compared to the bigger 727.
Later that night Layton held a public rally at a local CAW Union Hall.
The crowd and media are assembled for the speach.
Layton makes his way to the podium, greeting people and shaking hands.
On stage with the two Local NDP Members of Parliament Brian Masse & Joe Comartin. Along with the two incumbents are the other local candidates.
Layton delivers his speach to the enthusiastic crowd assembled.
Conservative Steven Harper has yet to make an appearance, and Paul Martin has vowed to return to Windsor. More as the campaign heats up…
wow, great shots. i remember going to that spot by the fence to take some photos of the big antonov place a few years ago. wish i still have one of my digital SLR’s. had a canon 10d and nikon d70, but had to sell them to get meds. i miss being able to get close to the action. i hope next year to get one again, but don’t know how as of yet. i used to work at that chrysler plant too. before i quit since i hated it there. spent about 9 years with chrysler.
I work out here, so if I know something’s coming I try to bring my camera.
As for the Antonov – Here are some pics from the last visit. http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=22
Very cool. I last shot it in october 2002. same model just without the AH and different paint job. What sort of camera do you use? Your shots are always so great. Thanks for that counter you use on your site here too, I just put it on my site to try to track down a troublesome person. I’ve been looking for a good one for a while, but saw yours and looks like it might be the one for me. I look forward to seeing more of it’s stats tomorrow.
This is one of you very best photo projects, Andrew. The one of Layton has a certain something – I can’t put my finger on it – but let’s just say the I’d be interested in buying it if I owned a newspaper and needed a good stock photo of the NDP leader. As for the jet airplane, it’s nice to see they have upgraded from the old hot air balloon Ed Broadbent used to fly around the country in.