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Only two of the four chairs set aside for candidates squaring off in a York South-Weston debate Monday were filled, prompting angry disapproval from attendees hoping to hear from political hopefuls from the four main parties. With chants of “shame” filling the council chambers of York Civic Centre, the allcandidates meeting opened with an explanation by debate organizers why Liberal Party candidate Ahmed Hussen and Conservative candidate James Robinson were absent, with only Green Party candidate John Johnson and NDP MP Mike Sullivan present. In a prepared statement, debate organizers Mount Dennis Community Association, Weston Village Residents’ Association, Rockcliffe-Smythe Community Association,
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Ward 12 Community Alliance, and Greenhills Community Association said they believe Robinson’s absence was due to a directive from the federal Conservative Party to candidates to refrain from participating in all-candidates meetings. “Our own experience with the past two federal elections, since Stephen Harper has been prime minister, is that Conservative candidates decline or do not respond to requests to attend our all-candidate meetings, or say they will come, but fail to show up,” the statement read. “In the case of tonight’s meeting, we have received no reply to our several invitations to Mr. Robinson, but based on past experience, we were not expecting to see the (Conservative) candidate tonight.” As for Hussen’s absence, organizers said they were “appalled” when told he would not be attending. >>>GREEN, page 21
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The Children’s Breakfast Club has been feeding Toronto’s children for the past 30 years and it intends to keep them warm through the winter, too. The organization, which serves about 5,000 hot meals a day at more than 20 breakfast
programs throughout Toronto and beyond, has launched its 2015 Winter Coat Drive, its third year doing it. The organization aims to collect 30,000 gently used, goodquality coats in time for winter, which will be distributed among the area’s needy families. The launch was held in the >>>warm, page 8
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