The audio is now available online. [mp3]
CBC set this up correctly: in-studio interviews so that none of the candidates can hear the others’ interviews and then airing them by random draw. Watton wound up on first.
Mark got the chance to highlight his considerable experience dealing with issues that are important to Newfoundland and Labrador and talk up his connection to the district.
Then he turned to dealing with issues he’s getting on the doorstep: housing, concern about pensions and retirement. The housing one is particularly striking since, as Mark points out, the city is experiencing a housing shortage despite growth.
Mark nails a number of hard critiques of the current administration - if housing is so important for the Conservatives it is odd they’ve never raised it in the legislature - and then and delivers his ballot question cleanly: do you want a member who speaks for the government or one who speaks for you?
No one can say that voters don’t have a clear choice in Humber West.
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