{"id":940,"date":"2012-08-24T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T18:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2012-08-30T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:54:35","slug":"week3electionroundu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/week3electionroundu\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Three Election Roundup: Marquette, Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Verdun Ridings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As week three began, candidates and their volunteers were distributing pamphlets door to door, phoning residents to ask their intentions, visiting local events to speak with participants, and greeting people at Metro stations and bus stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better to meet people coming home at the end of the day,\u201d says Chantale Michaud, a Quebec Solidaire candidate in Verdun. \u201cIn the morning, everyone is in a rush with their heads down and they don\u2019t want to talk. In the afternoon, they\u2019re calmer, smiling and more relaxed. They don\u2019t mind stopping for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Major topics of conversation include the many debates being held this week and next. The general leadership debates are most popular, but undecided electors are also interested in discussing single issue debates, including the student discussion held by La Presse, the justice debate organized by the Barreau du Quebec and the health debate organized by the Quebec medical association.<\/p>\n

Everyone wants to know about local candidate debates, including one in Marguerite-Bourgeoys during the Monday lunch hour and another in Verdun over the supper hour on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The debate in Marguerite-Bourgeoys will take place at CEGEP Andr\u00e9 Laurendeau on Monday, August 27 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Participants include Robert Po\u00ebti for the Liberals, Jessica Riggi for the Parti Qu\u00e9becois, Michel Delisle for the Coalition Avenir de Qu\u00e9bec, Yebo Romarick Okou for Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire and V\u00e9ronique Pelletier for Option nationale. * Yves Le Seigle, who is running for the Marxist Leninist party wasn\u2019t invited to participate. Issues likely to be raised include the local toxic waste site and the Turcot Interchange.<\/p>\n

The debate in Verdun will be on Wednesday August 29 at La Casa C.A.F.I., 4741 Verdun Street. The three groups organizing the debate\u2014the Citizen Action Committee (CACV), the Women\u2019s Centre and the Immigrant information centre (Casa C.A.F.I.)\u2014have invited only five of the eight candidates running in the riding. They are: Henri-Fran\u00e7ois Gautrin, the Liberal incumbent in Verdun; Thierry St Cyr who is running for the Parti Qu\u00e9becois; Andr\u00e9 Besner, the Coalition Avenir de Qu\u00e9bec candidate; Chantale Michaud, the Quebec Solidaire candidate; and Marc-Antoine Daneau, the Option Nationale candidate. Topics likely to be discussed include the school on Nun\u2019s Island and a local dearth of social housing. Jeffrey Mackie, who is running for the Green Party; Eileen Studd, who is running for the Marxiste-Leniniste Party; and Philippe Refghi, who is running for the Qu\u00e9bec Citizens’ Union, were not invited to participate.<\/p>\n

So far, no debate is being organized for the six candidates in Marquette: Fran\u00e7ois Ouimet, the Liberal incumbent; \u00c9tienne Gougoux for the PQ; Victor Tan running for The Coalition Avenir de Qu\u00e9bec; Claudelle Cyr for Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire; John Symon for the Green Party and Patrick Valois for Option Nationale.<\/p>\n

To get a complete list of the candidates in your riding, refer to the website run by the the Chief Electoral Officer of Qu\u00e9bec at http:\/\/www.monvote.qc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note: A version of this article appeared on page 1 of the Suburban City Edition on August 22.<\/p>\n

*The original version of this article incorrectly mentioned Richard Noel as a candidate for the Green Party. See my answer to Sonja in the comments section to see why this error took place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As week three began, candidates and their volunteers were distributing pamphlets door to door, phoning residents to ask their intentions, visiting local events to speak with participants, and greeting people at Metro stations and bus stops. \u201cIt\u2019s better to meet people coming home at the end of the day,\u201d says Chantale Michaud, a Quebec Solidaire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","category-politics-that-matter","category-verdunposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-fa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3061,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/advance-polling-in-verdun\/","url_meta":{"origin":940,"position":0},"title":"Busy Advance Polling and Debate in Verdun","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"October 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"All three advance polling stations in Verdun were packed last Sunday. 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