Join CBC Cape Breton for two all-candidates' debates
Steve Sutherland, host of CBC Radio's Information Morning Cape Breton, will moderate both debates for the newly defined ridings of Sydney-Glace Bay and Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish.
Sydney-Glace Bay debate
Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m.
Candidates on the ballot in the Sydney-Glace Bay riding have been invited to participate in the debate at Centre 200 in Sydney.
Canadian Future Party - Chris Gallant
Conservative - Anna Manley
Green - Ryan Pero
Liberal - Mike Kelloway
Libertarian - Mike Pittman
Marxist-Leninist Party - Nikki Boisvert
NDP - candidate not yet confirmed
PPC - Jeffrey Evely
Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish debate
Thursday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Candidates in the Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish riding have been invited to participate in the debate at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, 606 Reeves Street. The debate will be held in the centre's Bear Head Room.
Conservative - Allan MacMaster
Green - Bill Matheson
Liberal - Jaime Battiste
NDP - Joanna Clark
PPC - Ryan Smyth
For both events, doors open at 6 p.m. Registration is not required.
The list of candidates is not yet complete as nominations officially close on April 7. Details on confirmed candidates will be available on April 9.
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CBC Radio is also recording the debates and will air excerpts on Information Morning and Mainstreet in Cape Breton leading up to the federal election on April 28.
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