A panel with the local Federal Election candidates that was supposed to take place in the University Centre courtyard at the University of Guelph tonight has been cancelled. The organizers are blaming Provincial Free Speech policies mandated on Ontario universities, which was forcing them to include a candidate of a certain party in the debate. Guess which one? Continue reading “CSA Cancels Debate After Being Pressured to Include PPC Candidate”
Aisha Jahangir has a great resume to be the New Democratic candidate. She’s a mental health nurse, she’s been a labour organizer and negotiator for her fellow nurses, and she’s shown political interest before in running for school board. But can Jahangir make a case to Guelph that they should send an NDP Member of Parliament to Ottawa? Continue reading “Jahangir Talks to OSG About Not Losing Sight of What Matters”
A benchmark for any election season, the Guelph Wellington Coalition for Social Justice and other partner groups hosted the Social Justice debate Thursday night at the Italian Canadian Club. There weren’t many fireworks, but it was the first time that all the candidates were together in one place at one time. Well, almost. Continue reading “Surprise Candidate, Unsurprising Snub Marks Social Justice Debate”
Juanita Burnett is running for the third time to represent Guelph, and the first time for the Federal seat. She’s been the steadfast Communist candidate since 2014, in a town that literally helped found the Canadian wing of the Communist Party in 1921. Burnett was the first guest on this elections round of candidate interviews on Open Sources Guelph. Continue reading “Burnett Tells OSG She Wants to Make a Better National Marriage Through Communism”
The Communist Party of Canada started in Guelph in 1921 in a barn off Metcalfe Street. That was the outskirts of town back in the 20s, but nearly 100 years later, it was the CUPE Hall just off the University of Guelph campus that hosted the current Communist Party leader Elizabeth Rowley. It just took her a little bit of extra time for to get there… Continue reading “Rowley Rallies Local Communists With Election Agenda”
Despite the fact that there’s a national appetite for the option, there will be no None of the Above official party candidates on the 2019 election ballot. According to an email from the party leader to local candidates, the party missed the deadline to be recognized as a national political party in this election, and candidates will now run as independents. One of them though will not be Guelph candidate Paul Taylor. Continue reading “None of the Above’s Not a Federal Party, and Taylor’s Not Running”
Members of the Canadian Federation of University Women are are trying again to make a better election period by urging candidates to join the Better Ballot Campaign. The promotion was launched Wednesday evening at the 10C Shared Community Space, and this time, the project is going nation-wide. Continue reading “Better Ballot Returns and Expands For the Federal Election”
The 43rd Canada General Election is underway. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Rideau Hall this morning to dissolve the House of Commons and officially commence the election. The main Federal party leaders now spread out from coast to coast to coast to convince electors that they have the people and the plan to lead Canada for the next four years. Continue reading “Game On! Trudeau Dissolves Parliament, Writs are Drawn Up, and the Race Begins!”
On what turned out to be Election Eve, Guelph MP and Liberal candidate Lloyd Longfield offered $6.3 million in funding for the Bioenterprise Corporation to create an agri-food hub in southern Ontario. The idea is to turn the business accelerator on Research Lane into a “virtual network” to support over 200 growing ag-businesses in Guelph and the surrounding area. Continue reading “Longfield Hands Out One Last Cheque Before Election Begins”
The writ for the 2019 Federal Election hasn’t even been drawn up yet, and already the endorsements are coming in. Locally, Guelph Green Party Candidate Steve Dyck and Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong are two of the initial 25 candidates endorsed by Green PAC, a non-partisan environmental organization. Continue reading “Environmental Action Group Endorses Dyck and Chong”
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