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The Voice of North Grenville
Vol 7, NO 42
October 16, 2019
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The all-candidates meeting held at the Municipal Centre last Thursday was a clear win for Democracy. A full house provided a series of intelligent questions on a variety of topics, and the four candidates present gave a good account of themselves over the two hours of the meeting. People came from North Grenville, Merrickville-Wolford, and as far away as Prescott, to get a last chance to see and hear the candidates before the October 21 vote. After each candidate gave a 2-minute opening, the floor was opened to questions from the floor, as well as those in written form, handed in
through the evening. Topics ranged from seniors’ issues, to electoral reform and climate change. There were questions on mental health, federal finances, and Canada’s treatment of veterans. Michael Barrett, for the Conservatives, faced good questions on his party’s attitude to climate change, and made a clear declaration against electoral reform, stating that the current system “has served us well”. He was the only one of the four to take that position, each of the others being in favour of abolishing the First Past the Post system. However, Josh Bennett, of the Liberal Party, did not believe that
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one party should legislate of mental health, the need reform without the agree- for more services, and ment of the other parties. especially the dreadful Lorraine Rekmans, amount of spousal abuse in for the Green Party, was Canada. She and Lorraine naturally strong on climate emphasised that mental change matters, and linked health must lose its social moves to counter its effects stigma in order to be dealt with the need for a general with effectively. In fact, all four candireformation of our social and economic system. On dates were very well-preimmigration, there was a pared, spoke well and with general agreement that it conviction, and were each benefited the country, but given generous rounds of needed to be carefully su- applause for their contripervised. The question of butions to the meeting. It pipelines raised a number was only when the matof complicating factors, ter of Justin Trudeau and as the four discussed the the SNC-Lavelin scandal need to transition to a more came up that things became a little hot and heavy. carbon-neutral situation. Michelle Taylor, for the Josh Bennett was left to NDP, spoke eloquently and with passion on the matter continued on page 2
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