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PROVIDING ANSWERS: Powell River Chamber of Commerce sponsored an all candidates meeting, with [from left] moderator Nanette Kapitan, New Democratic Party’s Tenille Johnston, the Green Party’s Jessica Wegg, Liberal Party of Canada’s Jennifer Lash and independent Glen Staples. About 300 people showed up for the event, which was not attended by Conservative Party of Canada’s Aaron Gunn and People’s Party of Canada’s Paul Macknight.
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during the two-hour session on April 17. Held in the Powell River Recreation Complex Evergreen Theatre with about 300 people present, the forum included the New Democratic Party’s Tanille Johnston, the Liberal Party of Canada’s Jennifer Lash, independent candidate Glen Staples, and Green Party of Canada’s Jessica Wegg. Conservative Party of Canada candidate Aaron Gunn and People’s Party of Canada candidate Paul Macknight were not in attendance for the meeting. One of the questions from the audience was about transparency. The questioner said that lying and alternative facts have been introduced into politics as acceptable behaviour,
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