Three of four candidates in the Saanich-Gulf Islands election race met with a full house at Fulford Community Hall on Salt Spring Island on Tuesday, April 15, providing opening and closing statements and answering questions from audience members.
Incumbent Green MP Elizabeth May, David Beckham of the Liberals and Colin Plant of the NDP attended. Conservative candidate Cathie Ounsted sent notice to the Driftwood on Tuesday morning that she would not be attending.
“This choice comes after careful consideration. In recent elections, some Conservative candidates who stepped forward to serve their communities experienced situations where smartphone debate footage was selectively edited and shared on social media, creating impressions that didn’t accurately represent their positions or character.”
The previous day at an all-candidates event at Berwick Royal Oak, May and Ounsted had an exchange that was reported by CHEK News yesterday.
The Salt Spring event was co-sponsored by the Salt Spring Forum and the Gulf Islands Driftwood newspaper, and the video created by Living Water Media Services.