The current election campaign has seen an unprecedented number of candidates — primarily Conservatives — opting out of all-candidate forums, town hall events, and scheduled debates.
If a candidate cannot be bothered to address constituents during the campaign, they do not deserve your vote, period.
I’ve compiled a list of those who have, thus far, refused to partake in such unscripted events. If your local candidate should be on this list, please leave their name, party and riding in the comments section.
Alberta
– Deepak Obhrai (CPC) – Calgary East
– Rob Anders (CPC) -Calgary West
– Michelle Rempel (CPC) – Calgary Centre-North
– Jason Kenney (CPC) – Calgary South East
– Blake Richards (CPC) – Wild Rose
– Stephen Harper (CPC) – Calgary South West
– Devinder Shory (CPC) – Calgary North East
– Dianne Ablonczy (CPC) – Calgary Nose Hill
– Jim Hillyer (CPC) -Lethbridge
– Peter Goldring (CPC) – Edmonton East
– Laurie Hawn (CPC) – Edmonton Centre
– LaVar Payne (CPC) – Medicine Hat
Ontario
– John Baird (CPC) – Ottawa West – Nepean
– Rem Westland (CPC) – Ottawa-Vanier
– Julian Fantino (CPC) – Vaughan
– Peter Kent (CPC) – Thornhill
– Gord Brown (CPC) – Leeds-Grenville
– Aijaz Naqvi (NDP) – Mississauga-Streetsville
– Terence Young (CPC) – Oakville
– Gary Schellenberger (CPC) Perth-Wellington
– Susan Truppe (CPC) – London-North Centre
– Stephen Woodworth (CPC) – Kitchener Centre
– Diane Finley (CPC) – Haldimand—Norfolk
– Royal Galipeau (CPC) – Ottawa-Orléans
– Theresa Rodrigues (CPC) – Davenport
– Jillian Saweczko (CPC) – York South Weston
– Leanna Villella (CPC) – Welland
– Kevin Moore (CPC) – Toronto Centre
– Katarina von Koenig (CPC) – Toronto-Danforth
– Elie Salibi (CPC) – Ottawa South
– Pierre Lemieux (CPC) – Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
– Terry Anderson (CPC) – Hamilton Mountain
– Marty Burke (CPC) – Guelph
– James McLaren (NDP) – Ottawa South
– Ed Holder (CPC) – London West
– Jay Aspin (CPC) – Nipissing-Temiskaming
– Patrick Brown (CPC) – Barrie
– Peter Braid (CPC) – Kitchener – Waterloo
– Chris Alexander (CPC) – Ajax-Pickering
– Leslie Parsons (NDP) – Dufferin-Caledon
– Larry Miller (CPC) – Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
– Corneliu Chisu (CPC) – Pickering-Scarborough East
– Fred Slade (CPC) – Sudbury
– Damian Konstantinakos (CPC) – Ottawa Centre
– Phil McColeman (CPC) – Brant
– Nicole Yovanoff (NDP) – Don Valley West
– Dave Van Kesteren (CPC) – Chatham-Kent-Essex
Manitoba
– Wally Daudrich (CPC) – Churchill
– Rod Bruinooge (CPC) – Winnipeg South
– Bev Pitura (CPC) – Winnipeg Centre
– Joyce Bateman (CPC) – Winnipeg South Centre
New Brunswick
– Rodney Weston (CPC) – Saint John
– Robert Goguen (CPC) – Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
British Columbia
– Donald Leung (CPC) – Burnaby-Douglas
– Dona Cadman (CPC) – Surrey North
– Mark Strahl (CPC) – Chilliwack – Fraser Canyon
– John Koury (CPC) – Nanaimo-Cowichan
– Stephen Hill (CPC) – Southern Interior
– David Wilks (CPC) – Kootenay-Columbia
– John Duncan (CPC) – Vancouver Island North
– Jennifer Clarke (CPC) – Vancouver Centre
– Ronald Leung (CPC) – Burnaby-Douglas
– Sangeeta Lalli (LPC) – Prince George
– Liz Walker (GREEN) – Newton-North Delta
– Nina Grewal (CPC) – Fleetwood-Port Kells
Nova Scotia
– Gerald Keddy (CPC) – South Shore-St. Margaret’s
Saskatchewan
– Randy Hoback (CPC) – Prince Albert
– Kelly Block (CPC) – Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar
Northwest Territories
– Sandy Lee (CPC) – Western Arctic
Quebec
– Daniel Petit (CPC) – Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles
– Sylvie Boucher (CPC) – Beauport-Limoilou
– Guy Jonas (CPC) – Laurentides-Labelle
– Claude Pilote (Bloc) – Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean
– Roger Pomerleau (Bloc) – Drummond
– Richard Côté (Bloc) – Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier
– Nicolas Dufour (Bloc) – Repentigny
*Update*
It seems the accountability flu is spreading to the NDP – Including Jack Jayton
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