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Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development visits the Bay

Photo contributions by Peggy Greco. The local Liberal camp is turning up the heat in the Nipissing-Timiskaming riding in the homestretch of the election by bringing in the top guns.

Photo contributions by Peggy Greco.

The local Liberal camp is turning up the heat in the Nipissing-Timiskaming riding in the homestretch of the election by bringing in the top guns.

The Honourable Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development, was in town on Monday to support fellow Liberal candidate Anthony Rota and to discuss the Liberal Party platform on child care and early childhood development.

His biggest fans of the day were too young to know that he is a hockey legend, and they are too young to remember his Montreal Canadiens glory days or his job with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, but the minister seemed to be at ease with the young ones not knowing who he is, because the welfare and development of children happens to be his main concern.

Rota along with the minister hosted a round-table discussion at the North Bay YMCA discussing the direction of early childhood education and the direction daycare is heading under the Liberal plan.

The visit also included a tour of the child care facilities, stops to sign autographs and a visit to North Bay’s legendary Demarco’s.

Story and photo updates to follow this evening.