Residents grill candidates on wide range of issues at debate

Candidate debate at the United Church. Photo by Glen Gower

Close to 200 people packed a hot Stittsville United Church sanctuary on Monday night, and peppered Carleton candidates with a wide range of questions from terrorism to income splitting.

The debate was organized by the Stittsville Village Association and included Deborah Coyne (Green), Kc Larocque (NDP), Pierre Poilievre (Conservative) and Chris Rodgers (Liberal).

The two-hour question-and-answer session was tightly moderated by Louise Beggs, a former Goulbourn city councillor, and included questions from around 20 residents, chosen at random from the crowd. It was standing room only at the church. Even the choir loft was full of spectators.

StittsvilleCentral.ca reporter and Algonquin journalism student Alex Quesnel attended the event and provided live coverage via @stittslive. You can read a summary below.

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Stittsville United Church was packed. It was standing room only and voters were bursting out the door. Photo by Glen Gower.
Stittsville United Church was packed. It was standing room only and voters were bursting out the door.
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