Meet the Federal Candidates forum in Corner Brook, Oct 5, 2015

Our chapter, along with the Corner Brook Status of Women Council, the NL Social Justice Co-op, and Democracy Alert are supporting the Meet the Federal Candidates Forum in Corner Brook on October 5th, 7:30 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall.

The four Federal Candidates running for election in the Long Range Mountains Electoral District have confirmed that they will be participating: 

• Devon Babstock (NDP),
• Terry Cormier (Green Party),
• Gudie Hutchings (Liberal)
• Wayne Ruth (Conservative) 

The Forum Moderators are

• Maura Hanrahan,  Humanities Program Chair and Assistant Professor, Environmental Policy Institute; and
• Ivan Emke, Facilitator for Internationalization and Associate Professor, Social Cultural Studies, both  at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University.

The  proceedings include an introduction of the candidates; questions from the moderators; interaction between candidates; and questions from the public.  

The topics for  discussion and debate are of local, national and global concern. They include  the State of our Democracy, the Environment, the Economy, Health Care and Social Issues  – such as  Affordable Housing, Child Care, First Nations Relations, Immigration,  and Education. Following the questions from the moderators, the public will have  the opportunity to ask questions to the candidates.