Public wall-to-wall to hear LPOA’s Don Valley West debate

Residents crowded the William Lea Room at Leaside Memorial Gardens Arena Monday night to hear and meet candidates in Don Valley West for the October 21 general election. Four of the five candidates were present. They are Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, Conservative Yvonne Robertson, New Democrat Laurel MacDowell and Ian Prittie of the People’s Party. The debate was moderated by a former president of the Leaside Property Owners Association Brian Athey. He followed the “tried and true” procedure of written questions addressed to all candidates. The Green Party candidate Amanda Kistindey was not present and from her campaign material appears to be a resident of a farm somewhere is not stated.