Your candidates for Kingston and the Islands: Dr. Waji Khan, Green Party

September 17, 2021September 18, 2021 Terry Bursey 0 Comments affordable housing, Canadian Armed Forces, Cataraqui Woods Dentistry, City of Kingston, climate crisis, cost of living, dentist, Dr. Waji Khan, environmental crisis, federal election 2021, fiscal responsibility, Green Party of Canada, Guaranteed Basic Income, indigenous reconcilliation, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Kingston and the Islands Federal Liberal Association, LGBTQ rights, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament (MP), North York, pandemic, Pierre Trudeau, Scarborough, Toronto, universal health care, universal long-term care, universal pharma care

Dr. Waji Khan (Green Party) was born in North York, Ontario and later raised in Scarborough after his parents emigrated from Pakistan to Canada in the 1960s. He attended the University of Toronto where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997 and began his studies in Dentistry.

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Your candidates for Kingston and the Islands: Shelley Sayle-Udall, PPC

September 16, 2021September 17, 2021 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Canadian Constitution, censorship, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, COVID-19, decreasing taxes, democracy, democratic process, economic recovery, electoral reform, federal election 2021, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), lockdowns, masking, Member of Parliament (MP), mental health, national debt, pandemic, People's Party of Canada (PPC), Peoples Party of Canada, protesting, protesting at hospitals, provincial tax system, Revoking GST, Shelley Sayle-Udall, small businesses, tourism, vaccination

Raised here in Kingston, Shelley Sayle-Udall (People’s Party of Canada – PPC) is a mental health therapist, currently working with Maltby Centre. As a mother and mental health care professional, her concerns regarding mental health challenges, particularly in children, brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic inspired her involvement in federal

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Your candidates for Kingston and the Islands: Vic Sahai, NDP

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments affordable housing, candidate, cliamte emergency, climate change, dental care, environment, environmental policies, epidemiology, federal election 2021, food security, Guaranteed Livable Income, Hotel Dieu, housing, housing crisis, Indigenous people, Jagmeet Singh, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Member of Parliament (MP), mental health, New Democratic Party (NDP), pharma-care, Public Health, reconciliation, social determinants of health, Vic Sahai

Vic Sahai (NDP) studied at Queen’s University in the 1980s and returned to Kingston with his wife and children in 2007 to work in public health as a Queen’s professor and research director at Hotel Dieu. He has 30 years of senior management experience, focusing on strategic planning, policy development,

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Your candidates for Kingston and the Islands: Mark Gerretsen, Liberal

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments $10 a day childcare, childcare, City of Kingston, climate change, climate change emergency, constituents, COVID-19 pandemic, federal election 2021, federal election candidates, healthcare, housing, investment in infrastructure, Justin Trudeau, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament (MP), pharma-care, seniors

Born and raised in Kingston, Mark Gerretsen (Liberal) earned a degree in Economics from Queen’s University. He lives in Kingston’s east end with his family and says, “I have the most loving and supportive wife, Vanessa. My children are Mason, who is 17 years old in grade 12 at Regi,

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Kingston and area federal election 2021: Have your say

August 16, 2021August 26, 2021 Jessica Foley 2 Comments 2021 federal election, Calvin Neufeld, Conservative Party of Canada, derek sloan, election, federal election, federal election 2021, Florian Bors, Gary Oosterhof, Green Party of Canada, how will you vote in the upcoming election?, James Babcock, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Liberal Party of Canada, local candidates, local ridings, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament (MP), Michelle Foxton, Mike Bossio, New Democratic Party (NDP), opinion poll, poll, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Scott Reid, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, Shelley Sayle-Udall, Steve Garrison, Vic Sahai, voting, Waji Khan

On Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canadians will be going to the polls in September for a federal election. Only two parties have nominated a candidate in Kingston and the Islands so far. The deadline to nominate candidates is Monday, Aug. 30 at 2 p.m.,

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Kingston woman sends climate change book to MPs for Earth Day

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Paul Soucy 0 Comments a good war, book, book sent to MPs, Canada, climate change, Kingston, Kingston News, Kingstonist, mary jane philip, Member of Parliament (MP), Ottawa, seth klein

Just in time for Earth Day, a Kingston resident has taken it upon herself to send an appropriately themed gift to each member of Parliament in Ottawa. Mary Jane Philp says she wanted to ensure every MP in the country had a copy of the book ‘A Good War’ by

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MP Derek Sloan scrutinized following campaign funding revelation

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Conservative Party of Canada, derek sloan, donation, Dr. Teresa Tam, Erin O'Toole, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, Member of Parliament (MP), political donation, white supremacy

Derek Sloan, Member of Parliament for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, says he was unaware of a $131 donation made to his Conservative Party of Canada leadership campaign last summer by a known white supremacist. The funding revelation, reported by Press Progress on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, has the MP at risk

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Former MP Ted Hsu seeking Ontario Liberal nomination

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments federal election, Ian Arthur, Kingston and the Islands, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament (MP), Member of Provincial Parliament, MPP Ian Arthur, New Democratic Party (NDP), Ontario Liberal Party, Ontario NDP, provincial election, Sophie Kiwala, Stephen Harper, Ted Hsu

Former Kingston and the Islands federal Member of Parliament Ted Hsu says he intends to seek the nomination as the local Ontario Liberal Party candidate in 2022. Hsu made his announcement over social media on Thursday, Jul 30. Hsu is the second former politician to enter the race for the

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Queen’s University appoints Dr. Jane Philpott as Dean of Health Sciences

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments health sciences, jane philpott, Markham-Stouffville, Member of Parliament (MP), MP Mark Gerretsen, Principal Patrick Deane, Queen's University, Queen's School of Medicine, School of Medicide, School of nursing, School of rehabilitation therapy, Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization

Queen’s University has shared the announcement of the appointment of their new Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Director of the School of Medicine. The Honourable Jane Philpott, whose career has included time in politics and education, as well as 30 years in family medicine and global health,

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Alberta MP Bob Benzen visits Kingston for business roundtable

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Alberta, Andrew Scheer, Bob Benzen, business, Calgary Heritage riding, carbon tax, Conservative Party, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, manufacturers, Member of Parliament (MP), Ruslan Yakoviychuk, small businesses, steel tariffs

Bob Benzen, Conservative Member of Parliament for the Calgary Heritage riding of Alberta, arrived in Kingston on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 to sit down with local small business owners and manufacturers. Benzen, who owns an oil and gas services company in Alberta, wanted to speak with local businesspeople about “the

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