Every election the Gleaner asks the major candidates a common set of questions. We publish their answers to help readers make a more informed voting choice. The provincial election is set for February 27. We have featured this Q & A with candidates for 30 years. For the first time one major party, the governing Progressive Conservatives, did not reply despite repeated attempts by the Gleaner to include them.

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Freeland is the member of Parliament for University-Rosedale and until recently the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. She resigned from those portfolios in December. Her quitting the cabinet in a dramatic fashion may have been the final straw, forcing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce his resignation pending a leadership contest.

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Gleaner asks University-Rosedale hopefuls five key questions

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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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