Time to focus on the election

Jeff Green | Oct 01, 2015

It's a stretch to say that election fever is about to grip the new Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston riding, but after going door to door for two months and appearing at dozens of events, the candidates are certainly campaign hardened.

The rest of us have been enjoying some pretty good late summer weather, not too concerned with election issues. But like the buzz from a persistent mosquito, the election has been an unpleasant distraction from time to time.

Now that, finally, voting day is almost within sight - we have Thanksgiving first after all - we need to pay it some attention.

There are meetings scheduled this week and next to help us do just that. One was held last night at the Sydenham Legion, sponsored by the Frontenac News. Another, which will feature candidates in both the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston and Kingston and the Islands ridings, is set for tonight at 7 p.m. at Kingston City Hall. It has a food security focus and is being sponsored by the Loving Spoonful, a charitable organization working to enhance access to healthy food.

A third is scheduled for October 5 at Granite Ridge High School in Sharbot Lake, also at 7 p.m. It is sponsored by the Retired Teachers of Ontario.

The election candidates are: Anita Payne – Green Party; John Fenik – NDP; Phil Archambault – Liberal; and the incumbent Scott Reid – Conservative Party.

We will have full coverage of the meetings in next week's edition, and our election primer edition will follow on October 15.