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Conservative Candidates Aren’t Talking to the Press (thelocal.to)

submitted 1 day ago by streetfestival to c/canadapolitics

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In every riding we reported on—from Taiaiako’n–Parkdale–High Park to Toronto–St. Paul’s to Bowmanville–Oshawa North to across Peel—the pattern has been the same. Most Liberal and NDP candidates have been willing to sit and answer questions. Every Conservative candidate has ignored or declined our requests for interviews.

To be clear, this issue isn’t specific to The Local. Toronto–St. Paul’s candidate Don Stewart didn’t just ignore us, he turned down The Toronto Star and National Post. Across ridings, and across media outlets—from the CBC to Global News to sympathetic conservative newspapers like the National Post—candidates from the Conservative Party are simply refusing to talk with the press.

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[–] adarza 11 points 1 day ago

literally the only thing they have is the party affiliation noted beside their names on the ballot.

they certainly haven't got a platform or policy to benefit all voters. talking will just expose that fact and open them up to 'hard' questions they don't want to (even try to) answer 'on the record'.