The Wallaceburg and District Chamber of Commerce are hosting an all-candidates forum at the Sydenham Curling Club tonight (Oct. 6) with all of the candidates in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex for the upcoming Federal election.
The event is open to the public and runs from from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Kevin Blake, one of the organizers of the event, said the candidates will have a five minute opener and then they will have the opportunity to answer five questions.
“Then we will have a break where we will allow the candidates and the audience to mingle with each other and people can ask the candidates their own questions to find out what they would like to know on a personal basis at that point in time. I believe we are going with a half hour break followed by closing statements,” Blake said.
Randy McNeil will be the mediator of the debate and Cogeco Cable will also be filming the event.
“We would like as many people locally as possible obviously to attend the debate and then they get their chance during the half hour break to approach a specific candidate with their specific question,” Blake said. “We want to engage people in the community with this election.”
Blake added: “We want people to make the best informed decision they can and we want to encourage people to come out and vote. Sometimes people don’t vote because they don’t know, this is an opportunity to find out what the stances are from the different parties and candidates.”
Here are the candidates running in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex:
– Bev Shipley – Progressive Conservatives
– Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party
– Ken Filson – Liberal
– Jim Johnston – Green
All candidates have confirmed their attendance.
Election day is Oct. 19.
– Photo: From left, Jim Johnston, Rex Isaac, Ken Filson and Bev Shipley.
