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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 3, 2009


SHURMAN AND CAPOBIANCO TO CO-CHAIR KLEES CAMPAIGN
Momentum Gains in Week One of PC Leadership Race

(Team Klees Headquarters) Frank Klees’ campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario continues to grow with Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman and longtime party organizer John Capobianco joining the Klees team as co-chairs.

“I am thrilled to have Peter Shurman, the M.P.P. for Thornhill and John Capobianco, a lifelong Conservative, both provincially and federally, as my campaign co-chairs. They are highly respected members of our Party and I cannot think of better people to play key roles in my leadership campaign,” Frank Klees said.

A two time Conservative Party candidate in the riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore, John Capobianco has over 20 years of political experience at all levels of government. He was a senior political advisor to the Government of Ontario and is a recognized political expert and leader within Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party as well as the Conservative Party of Canada. Most recently a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Leadership Committee, Capobianco resigned in order to join Klees in his bid for leadership.

“Frank Klees is the quintessential Ontario success story…an immigrant coming to Ontario with his parents, educated in Ontario, raising his family here, becoming a business success in Ontario, and a man with senior cabinet experience…there is no one better suited to take the reins in Ontario. Frank is the candidate who can unite our Party and expand its base. He has the experience, the drive and the track record to be Premier,” Capobianco said.

Peter Shurman, whose voice is recognized by the vast majority of Ontarians as an outspoken talk radio host and currently the MPP for the riding of Thornhill, noted as the rising star of the PC Caucus, was the first to join the Klees team.

Shurman is excited at the growing momentum of the Klees campaign and looks forward to working with Capobianco. “John is supporting Frank Klees for the same reason I am…because Frank is the candidate to unite and energize our Party and to create common ground for rural and urban Ontarians. We need to rid Ontario of the Liberal scourge that has taken our province from first to last. Ontarians know we’re running for the Premiership and our Party must choose based on who is best suited to oust Dalton McGuinty and best qualified to occupy the Premier’s office. There is no one else that I would trust to steer Ontario back in the right direction.”

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Frank Klees
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