Great Interest in Kitchener Centre by-election Housing Forum
Organizers of the Kitchener Centre by-election Housing Forum are thrilled with the enthusiastic response to their Thursday November 23 meeting at 23 Water Street North, Kitchener, 6:30- 9 pm.
“Some 16 groups stepped forward to sponsor it, ranging from housing developers, organizations supporting people experiencing homelessness, advocates for green development standards, to Waterloo Region YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) andArchitectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) North Waterloo Region Branch,” said Acer Bonaparte, president of the Waterloo Region ACORN chapter and one of the event organizers. “Lots of people in Kitchener Centre care about housing!”
Those unable to attend in person can register to attend virtually at
https://us02web.zoom.us/
In person visitors can browse sponsoring groups’ and candidates’ information tables between 6:30 and 7 pm.
Moderator Dawn Parker will start by posing pre-submitted questions to the three candidates who have confirmed their attendance, Green Party candidate Aislinn Clancy, Liberal Party candidate Kelly Steiss, and New Democratic Party candidate Debbie Chapman. After that, questions collected from participants will be posed to the candidates. The forum will end at 8:30 pm.
Event sponsors: ACORN, Architectural Conservancy Ontario- North Waterloo Region Branch, Basic Income Waterloo Region, Beyond Housing, Cherry Park Neighbourhood Association, Council of Canadians KW Chapter, Grand River Unitarian Congregation, GreenWR, Groundu
Hello,
My name is Gene Balfour.
I am your Libertarian candidate in this bi-election (see ‘promo-1’ linked below)
I would have liked to participate in the KH Housing event last nite.
Here’s a 2-minute video that expresses a summary of what I planned to say.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1in6SCCtxOnIM_1b4MluCWK0aMqnUwUTE/view?usp=sharing
The following essay explains my disappointment in the omission
of every other registered candidate who has registered with
Elections Ontario to express alternative views and ideas
compared to those presented by the Liberal, NDP, and Green party contestants. https://open.substack.com/pub/gbalfour/p/the-fix-is-in-for-the-kitchener-centre?r=16emgc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
If the population at large does not consider new approaches
to address issues like affordable housing, they can expect to get
more of the same policies that created the issue in the first place.
Food for thought.
Be well,
Gene Balfour,
Libertarian