Information Morning - Cape Breton

This is the final question to your candidates in Sydney-Victoria, from the debate at C200 last week. Nikki Boisvert for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, Ronald Barron of the People's Party of Canada, Eddie Orrell of the Conservatives, Liberal incumbent Jaime Battiste, and Jeff Ward of the NDP, offer their vision for the riding. Green Party candidate, Mark Embrett, couldn't attend.

Affordable child care is a concern across the country--and one cited as a barrier to many getting back into the workforce. With that in mind, the Cove Guest Home in Sydney is part of a project to offer on-site child care in hope of attracting more workers.

Housing became a major issue in the recent provincial campaign, and now, in this federal one, too. The candidates in Sydney-Victoria talk about what they and their parties will do to address housing if elected. This excerpt is from our All Candidates Forum held last week.

Hospital food is often the butt of jokes, but there's nothing funny about malnutrition among patients. Hear about a new program being launched at the Glace Bay Hospital to address that problem. Dr. Leah Cahill is part of a team studying the issue and implementing the More-2-Eat program.

Hear another excerpt from our All Candidates Forum for Sydney-Victoria. In this excerpt, your would-be MPs answer a key question on how best to address poverty. Five of the six candidates for the federal riding participated in our debate at Centre 200 in Sydney, last Wednesday.

Candidates will be putting in a final push this weekend for Monday's Federal election. Last Wednesday night at Centre 200, five of the six candidates running in the federal riding of Sydney-Victoria participated in our All Candidates Forum. In this excerpt, they talked about issues surrounding Mi'kmaq communities and fishing rights.

With just a few days left in the federal election campaign, we're giving you the opportunity to hear what your candidates in Sydney-Victoria have to say on various issues. Here they stake out their party's positions on climate change. First up, Eddie Orrell of the Conservatives, then, Liberal incumbent Jaime Battiste, Jeff Ward of the NDP, Nikki Boisvert for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, and Ronald Barron of the People's Party of Canada. The Green Party candidate, Mark Embrett, did not attend.

With just days to go before we go to the polls, we hope to help you make up your mind by airing excerpts from our All Candidates Forum for Sydney-Victoria held at Centre 200 last night. Your candidates are: Liberal incumbent Jaime Battiste, Jeff Ward of the NDP, Nikki Boisvert for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, Ronald Barron of the People's Party of Canada, and Eddie Orrell of the Conservatives. The Green Party candidate Mark Embrett was unable to attend.

Health care is always top of mind for voters. We find out what those running in the riding of Sydney-Victoria say they and their party would do to make health care better here on the Island and beyond. In this excerpt, hear Nikki Boisvert for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, Ronald Barron of the People's Party of Canada, Eddie Orrell of the Conservatives, Liberal incumbent Jaime Battiste, and Jeff Ward of the NDP, debate the federal role of health care.

Your candidates for Sydney-Victoria delve into a discussion about child care as we present another excerpt from last night's Candidates Forum at Centre 200 in Sydney. Liberal incumbent Jaime Battiste, Jeff Ward of the NDP, Nikki Boisvert for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, Ronald Barron of the People's Party of Canada, and Eddie Orrell of the Conservatives were on stage. The Green Party candidate Mark Embrett was unable to attend.