By Staff
September 25, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
Given the way the federal candidates are throwing money around the Region must have concluded that they shoud make their wished known as well.
Earlier this week, Halton Region sent local federal election candidates a questionnaire that profiles five of the community’s growth-related issues and asks how they would address these challenges if elected. The Region has asked candidates to complete the questionnaire by October 7, allowing residents enough time to review the responses before visiting the polls on Election Day.
Regional Chair Gary Carr at a Burlington event – he wants to know just what each political party is prepared to give the Region in the way of financial and legislative support.
“To protect tax payers from the cost of growth and maintain our strong financial position, we require support from all levels of government to address the increasing demand on our local services and infrastructure,” said Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr. “By sharing the candidate responses with residents, we help voters make an informed decision about Halton’s future when they visit the polls.”
The Region asked candidates to outline their position on the following top five growth-related issues:
• meeting our community’s infrastructure needs;
• adapting and responding to climate change;
• creating real and affordable housing solutions;
• building a strong economy; and
• ensuring adequate, high-quality child care and early learning options.
This outreach is part of the Region’s ongoing advocacy efforts to address the need for increased funding and legislative changes in order to meet provincially-mandated growth targets. The issues highlighted in the questionnaire, as well as the importance of support from all levels of government, have been identified as priorities by Regional Council.
The Region will post candidate responses, as they are received, to halton.ca/election2015.
The Region may have been more wisely advised to add a slash and the word pablum to the web site identifier.
It would have been nice to see Chair Carr attend one of the debates and rise to ask a question.
