In rural Ontario where health-care is hurting, voters decry PC candidates missing debates – CBC
Issues of access driving questions at public forums that PCs aren’t there to answer
Feb 19, 2025
Tonight health care will once again be top-of-mind for residents of Walkerton, Ont.
With eight days to go before a provincial election and only four weeks after hundreds of people lined up in the cold for a chance to secure a family doctor, candidates will gather for a health-care focused all-candidates debate at Victoria Jubilee Hall.
While candidates from the Green, NDP and Liberal parties have all said they’ll be there, incumbent Huron-Bruce PC candidate Lisa Thompson has told organizers she won’t attend due to other campaign obligations.
Brenda Scott is moderating the meeting, and said the absence of PC representative at Wednesday’s meeting and others in the region, is starting to get noticed by voters in a part of Ontario where access to health care is a top-of-mind issue.
