Lehman says it is a “cynical move” to not attend debates and make yourself accountable to questions from the voters.
I’m at the doors connecting with people one-on-one, thousands of them, and I find that to be time well spent.” “I went to the CARP meeting last week, I’m going to the Barrie Chamber of Commerce meeting next week,” Downey said. In a phone interview on Sunday afternoon, Downey said he has never received direction from anyone in the party about attending - or not attending - debates or all-candidate meetings leading up to the June 2 election.
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The BSOM riding has had three all-candidates meetings since the start of the campaign and PC incumbent Doug Downey has attended one. She skipped all three debates held in the riding last week - including one hosted by Lakehead University.Īs Dunlop is the Minister of Colleges and Universities, NDP candidate Elizabeth Van Houtte called her absence "particularly insulting." It would seem Simcoe North incumbent Jill Dunlop is one that isn't going to debates. “There’s going to be some candidates that want to do the debates and some that aren’t going to do the debates.” In response to a question from a reporter, Ford said he has not told PC candidates to avoid debates. However, PC leader Doug Ford said at a campaign stop in Bracebridge that the order did not come from him. “This is bad for our province, it is bad for democracy.” (They’re) avoiding debates, especially on issues where the government’s record is weak,” Lehman said. “It appears that PC candidates have been instructed not to attend all-candidate meetings and media appearances. Jeff Lehman, the Liberal candidate in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte (BSOM), held a news conference Sunday to call out his Progressive Conservative opponent and others from the party for not attending all-candidate meetings.ĭuring the news conference, which was held at Lehman's campaign headquarters on Blake Street in Barrie and was live-streamed on socia media, Lehman said he wanted to address something he and other Liberal candidates have become concerned about during the Ontario election campaign.
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