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RSS FeedsAre the Ontario Tories muzzling some candidates?
(The Star Movies)

 
 

19 may 2018 07:00:18

 
Are the Ontario Tories muzzling some candidates?
(The Star Movies)
 


The growing number of Progressive Conservative candidates declining to participate in local debates is raising questions about whether the party is muzzling inexperienced and controversial members in a top-down attempt to control the campaign message.More than 20 PC candidates have skipped debates since the beginning of the provincial election campaign, a trend that recalls similar absenteeism among federal Conservative candidates under Stephen Harper. Candidates from other Ontario parties, meanwhile, have been far more likely to show up.Critics say it’s a tactic meant to keep the focus on PC Leader Doug Ford.“It implies that the only person you need to hear from is the leader and everybody else is just a potted plant and you put your “X” beside Ford and everything else will be fine,” said Robin Sears, a former NDP strategist of 20 years, now a principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group.This is not how our parliamentary democracy is supposed to work, says Duff Conacher, director of Democracy Watch. “Any campaign that tries to control access and control the message is a campaign that is hurting the voters’ right to choose the person they really want to represent them,” he said.Meredith Cartwright, the Toronto Centre candidate who hired actors to pose as Ford supporters at a leadership debate, was a no-show at an all-candidates’ meeting in Corktown on Tuesday that was attended by the Liberal, NDP and Green party candidates and at a meeting on Wednesday that was attended only by the NDP and Green candidates. She has not spoken publicly since the crowd-for-hire controversy erupted.Read more:Wynne blasts Horwath’s child-care plan as too vagueNDP’s Andrea Horwath takes your questions on TuesdayNDP promises more money for victims of Grassy Narrows’ mercury poisoningSpadina—Fort York PC candidate Iris Yu cancelled an appearance on Tuesday at a debate organized by the York Quay Neighbourhood Assoc ...


 
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