Hear your candidate
http://www.thespec.com/news/elections/article/518202--hear-your-candidate
Cable 14 and The Hamilton Spectator are uniting again to present all-candidates debates for six of Hamilton’s ridings.
The one-hour debates will be taped at The Spectator auditorium and broadcast live over the course of three days this coming week. The debates will be rebroadcast on the cable channel until May 1, the day before the election.
The public are encouraged to email questions in advance to
[email protected]. There will be no opportunity to pose live questions to the candidates. Local media have also been enlisted to provide questions.
Hamilton Centre candidates will be first on Tuesday April 19 at 7 p.m. They will be followed by the candidates for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek at 8:30 p.m.
On Wednesday April 20, candidates from Haldimand-Norfolk will be at 7 p.m., followed by candidates from Hamilton Mountain at 8:30 p.m.
April 21 will see candidates from Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale at 7 p.m., followed by candidates from Niagara-West Glanbrook at 8:30 p.m.
Other upcoming debates include:
Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale
A debate is being hosted Monday April 18 by the McMaster Students Union and the Ainslie Wood/Westdale Community, at the university. It is being held at CICB Hall (3rd floor of the student centre) and is set to start at 6 p.m. Running are Liberal candidate Dave Braden, Marxist-Leninist candidate Jamile Ghaddar, Libertarian candidate Anthony Giles, New Democratic Party candidate Nancy MacBain and incumbent Conservative MP David Sweet.
Niagara West-Glanbrook
A debate is set for Wednesday April 20 for candidates from Niagara West-Glanbrook. It will be held at the Great Lakes Christian High School, 4875 King St., Beamsville, and is to start at 7 p.m. It is being hosted by the chambers of commerce from Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln. Running are incumbent Conservative MP Dean Allison, Liberal candidate Stephen Bieda, Green Party candidate Sid Frere, New Democratic Party candidate David Heatley and Christian Heritage Party candidate Bryan Jongbloed.
Haldimand-Norfolk
A debate is set for Tuesday April 26 at the Haldimand Agricultural Centre, 1084 Kohler Road, just south of Cayuga. It is being sponsored by the Haldimand Federation of Agriculture and starts at 7:30 p.m. Running are Christian Heritage Party candidate Steven Elgersma, Green Party candidate Anne Faulkner, incumbent Conservative MP Diane Finley, New Democrat Ian Nichols and Liberal Bob Speller.
•Compiled by Daniel Nolan
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