SENS disappointed with lack of engagement from local candidates
Only three of the eight candidates in the two local ridings for the upcoming provincial election took part in an all-candidates forum in Vernon on Thursday night, much to the disappointment of the organizing agency.
The Sustainable Environment Network Society (SENS) hosted it’s forum to hear answers on key environmental issues from the four candidates in the Vernon-Lumby riding and from the four in the Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding.
However, of the eight total candidates, only three participated.
SENS, a non-partisan environmental advocacy group that has existed for the past 50 years, stated only NDP Harwinder Sandhu (Vernon-Lumby), NDP Anna Warwick Sears (Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream), and Independent Kevin Kraft (Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream) accepted the invitation and participated in the forum at the Vernon Towne Theatre on Thursday.