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Saanich candidates square off at forum Dan Ebenal News Staff
Close to 200 people crowded into the gym at Lochside elementary school Tuesday night to hear from the candidates in Saanich-Gulf Islands. Green Party leader Elizabeth May drew the loudest applause from the audience at the forum put on by the Cordova Bay, Blenkinsop Valley and Broadmead Area community associations, but she also drew a few pointed barbs from her challengers. The NDP’s Alicia Cormier pointed to her party’s commitment to protecting the environment, saying it’s “something the Greens can’t do because they can’t form government.” Robert Boyd of the Conservatives attacked May’s pledge to work with a Liberal or NDP government, where he said she could work to implement “her dangerous economic policies.” The Conservative candidate didn’t come away from the debate unscathed, as the three other candidates all took shots at the policies of the Stephen Harper government. On a question about striking a balance between a peacekeeping and combat role, Liberal Tim Kane said there is no balance now.
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The Green Party’s Elizabeth May answers a question at Tuesday night’s forum at Lochside elementary school as the NDP’s Alicia Cormier and Tim Kane of the Liberals await their turn. “Stephen Harper is all about combat. This isn’t the Canada I know.” May accused the Conservatives of “stirring up fear for personal electoral gain.” Boyd said you can’t keep the peace until you make the peace. “If we don’t stamp out the problem we are going to be seeing this over and over again.” With many of the night’s questioned focused on the environment, May reaffirmed her commitment that the Kinder Morgan pipeline was a “non-starter from the get-go,” while Cormier said the NDP doesn’t support any of the four pipeline proposals on the table. Kane said Canada needs to get its resources to market, as hundreds of thousands of jobs are dependent on it.
“The real problem is the Conservatives have dismantled the environmental process,” he said. The candidates for the Greens, NDP and Liberals all promised to restore the cuts to the CBC, which Kane called “the jewel in the crown of our culture.” Cormier said the CBC defines our country, while May called for changes to the governing structure of the public broadcaster. She said the board is now made up of Conservative appointees, adding “I think they have an eye to destroying the CBC.” Boyd said he supports public broadcasting but also believes the CBC receives adequate funding. PLEASE SEE: Candidates clash over homelessness, trade policy, Page A6
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