Conservative candidate absent for climate-dominated debate By Ahmed Hagar Every candidate but the Conservative party’s Helen-Claire Tingling running to represent the constituents of the University-Rosedale riding made it to the planned all-candidates forum on October 7. The climate crisis dominated the conversation and all present agreed that implementing policy to combat it was critical, but […]

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Gleaner asks hopefuls 5 key questions Questions compiled by the Gleaner editorial board. Answers are edited for length and clarity. Election date is October 21, 2019. For more information on voting, please visit elections.ca.  The United Nations and the Parliament of Canada have declared that we are in a climate emergency and a tipping point […]

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Community lawyer pushes planks of housing, climate crisis By Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda University-Rosedale is a vibrant, diverse community. Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of advocating for University-Rosedale residents through my work as a community lawyer at Kensington-Bellwoods Legal Community Services. Now, I want to stand up for Uni-versity-Rosedale in Ottawa, as your […]

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University-Rosedale candidates answer your questions Over the last five months we’ve published forum pieces by five people running to be your Member of Provincial Parliament in the newly formed riding of University-Rosedale: Jessica Bell (New Democratic Party), Daryl Christoff (New People’s Choice Party of Ontario), Jo-Ann Davis (Ontario Liberal Party), Tim Grant (Green Party of Ontario), […]

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A case for inclusivity and fairness By Jessica Bell I’ve been a community organizer and an executive director of non-profits for nearly 20 years, winning real change for human rights and the environment. In Toronto, I co-founded a transit advocacy organization, TTCriders, because Toronto needs an affordable world-class public transit system. I was inspired to […]

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