Last Saturday, Liberal leader Stephane Dion made a stop in St. Catharines to meet and greet voters at the Niagara Grape & Wine festival in Montebello Park. This is the third time that Dion has visited the riding of St. Catharines since becoming leader of the Liberals. Furthermore this makes Dion the first leader to make a stop in St. Catharines (With Jack Layton & Stephen Harper both coming to Niagara but skipping past this riding.)

Aside from a large contingent of local Liberals there to greet him as he arrived, Dion was working a very non-partisan crowd. Walking to several wine and food kiosks while stopping to talk to several people attending the festival. Overall Dion was very well received, giving a boost to an already surging local Liberal campaign.

Interestingly, while Dion was in Niagara he managed to do what Stephen Harper didn’t do, which is to talk about manufacturing and job losses in the area.