{"id":24907,"date":"2019-10-10T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=24907"},"modified":"2019-10-17T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T18:18:58","slug":"housing-environment-and-business-dominate-first-all-candidates-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/housing-environment-and-business-dominate-first-all-candidates-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing, environment and business dominate first all-candidates debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affordable housing, climate change, and helping\nbusinesses get ahead were the top issues facing candidates last week as\nrepresentatives vying to be Aurora\u2019s next Members of Parliament gathered for\nthe first all-candidates meeting of the 2019 Federal Election campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates from both sides of Aurora\u2019s riding divide\ngathered at St. Andrew\u2019s Valley Golf Course early last Tuesday morning to hear\nfrom Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill candidates Leona Alleslev (Conservative),\nAaron Brown (NDP), Tim Flemming (Green) Serge Korovitsyn (Libertarian), and\nLeah Taylor Roy (Liberal). Representing Aurora\u2019s north riding,\nNewmarket-Aurora, were Walter Bauer (Green), Lois Brown (Conservative), Yvonne\nKelly (NDP), Andrew McCaughtrie (PPC), and Tony Van Bynen (Liberal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by Daniel Svirsky, debate lead student at St.\nAndrew\u2019s College, the all-candidates meeting featured a lively debate on\nwide-ranging issues, including transit, business taxes and employee retention,\npharmacare, affordable housing, and gun control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coverage of the meeting begins on Page 12 of this week’s Auroran<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a busy week for candidates with Newmarket\u2019s\nPickering College hosting a debate for Newmarket-Aurora candidates on Thursday\nmorning, followed by another forum for the north candidates hosted by the\nNewmarket Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning, and an all-candidates \u201cmeet\nand greet\u201d facilitated by the Aurora Public Library that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates vying for your vote in Aurora-Oak\nRidges-Richmond Hill will participate in a further all-candidates debate next\nWednesday, October 16, from 7 \u2013 8.30 p.m. hosted by the Richmond Hill Board of\nTrade at the Oak Ridges Community Centre (12895 Bayview Avenue, Richmond Hill).\n<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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