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Kanata Kourier-Standard 44 Pages
44th Year, Issue 19 May 20, 2010
End PKD: Kanata family raising awareness for disease. P 10
Trespassers beware: Part of Constance Bay considered private property. P 11
Boiling point: Tempers flare at Kanata North ward meeting. P 4
First mayoral debate heats up Bridlewood Watson roasted for being absent JESSICA CUNHA KOURIER-STANDARD There was a notable absence during the all-candidates mayoral debate held at the Eva James Memorial Community Centre in Bridlewood on Monday, May 17. Dubbed the front-runner in the campaign by some observers, Jim Watson was a no-show. The six candidates who did attend, criticized his absence. Charlie Taylor, a Carleton journalism student, asked the other mayoral hopefuls to join him in writing a letter to Watson asking him to attend all future all-candidates debates. Watson said he wasn’t attending because he had agreed to go to a Polish community event; but he also said he didn’t think it was right to hold an allcandidates meeting before registration closes on Sept. 10. If Watson waits until then to attend debates that leaves only 30 working days, said mayoral candidate and Bay Coun. Alex Cullen.
“This has been called a one-horse race,” said Taylor. “And that horse didn’t bother to show up tonight.” Many topics were broached during the debate, which was hosted by the Bridlewood Community Association, but the dominant two were transit and taxation. TRANSIT The issue of light rail and the proposed downtown tunnel were front and centre. “Light rail has to die,” said candidate Stan Pioro, who is against raising taxes and spending millions on what he calls non-essential projects. “The huge mega projects have to be stopped.” Mayoral hopeful Mike Maguire, who was the chief policy analyst for candidate Terry Kilrea in 2006, said he thinks “light rail is an inappropriate expenditure.” Maguire proposed an alternative modelled on the GO Train in Toronto that would use existing rail. DEBATE, SEE 3
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Daniel Alfredsson and Alyse Schacter spoke to the grades 10 and 11s at All Saints Catholic High School during an assembly to raise awareness about mental illness on Thursday, May 13. The Ottawa Senators captain is a spokesperson for the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. See full story on page 5.
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