Election panel: Candidates in new riding Kitchener South-Hespeler talk opioid crisis, transit
CBC News | Posted: May 17, 2018 8:03 PM | Last Updated: May 17, 2018
Three candidates for the new riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler discussed the opioid crisis and transit issues during a provincial election panel that aired Thursday on The Morning Edition.
The panel included Green candidate David Weber, NDP candidate Fitzroy Vanderpool and Liberal candidate Surekha Shenoy.
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Progressive Conservative candidate Amy Fee declined to take part in the panel, saying she had a previous engagement.
Elections Ontario lists six candidates in the riding, including Libertarian candidate Nathan Andre Lajeunesse and Narine Sookram, who is running as an independent.
All week at 8:10 a.m., The Morning Edition is featuring an interview panel with local candidates from the five K-W ridings. Friday's panel will be with three candidates in Cambridge.
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