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Even though the threat of a summer election no longer exists, our local federal representative is ready for when it does come. Palliser Member of Parliament Ray Boughen is back at home after the Spring Sitting wrapped up in Ottawa last week.

Right at the end of the session, the Liberals and Conservatives shook hands of a deal to co-operate on possible reforms to the Employment Insurance system, avoiding the election. Boughen believes this is what voters would have wanted.

"There was no one that I knew of that wanted to have an election. We were told by constituents 'just get the job done and don't worry about elections.' We heard them loud and clear. It was good to see both the government and opposition work together to make sure that an election wasn't going to happen this summer."

Boughen doesn't believe the opposition will force an election in the fall either, although he admits it is possible. He told us if an election is called in the not too distant future he intends to run again.