September 21, 2011
DRCA to host
candidates meeting
Local voters will get a chance to
meet their candidates for the October provincial election next week -
most of them, anyway.
The Deep River Community Association will sponsor a “Meet the
Candidates” night next Tuesday, September 27 beginning at 7 pm at the
Deep River Legion.
The meeting will be moderated by North Renfrew Times associate editor
and former Laurentian Hills mayor Vance Gutzman.
Three of the main party candidates have confirmed that they will be
there - Liberal John O'Leary, New Democrat Brian Dougherty, and Kyle
Jones of the Green Party.
However, as of Monday, PC candidate and sitting MPP John Yakabuski was
still not confirmed for the meeting.
Yakabuski's campaign manager Zig Mintha has suggested the MPP may not
attend the meeting because Tuesday is also the night of the televised
provincial leaders' debate.
Also unconfirmed as of Monday was the fifth and newest candidate in the
race, Murray Reid of the Ontario Confederation of Regions Party (CoR).
Tilton Beaumont carried the CoR banner in the last provincial election
in 2007, winning just 76 votes across the riding.
According to the party's website, CoR is dedicated to the principle of
“direct democracy to make politics more inclusive and to make the
political arena a more level playing field where (the) people of
Ontario are equal partners in the government rather than subservient
subjects.”
CoR says it would send base decisions on major public issues on the
results of a public referendum.
“Only applying the principle of direct democracy in governance will
free the Ontarians (sic) from the type of democratic abuses recently
experienced.”
Voters will go to the polls across Ontario on Thursday, October 6.
For those who want to cast their ballots early, there will also be
advance polls up until September 30.
In Deep River, advance polls will be held at the town hall every day
from September 22 to 27. Advance polls will be open from 10 am to 8 pm.
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