All Nanaimo-Ladysmith election candidates meet to debate housing and more

All Nanaimo-Ladysmith election candidates meet to debate housing and more

All-candidates' meeting was held April 23 at the Coast Bastion Hotel

Healthcare & housing affordability headline Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates forum

NANAIMO — Questions around housing affordability, as well as federal commitments to healthcare system improvements, featured prominently in the final all-candidates forum of the election campaign. All five candidates running in Nanaimo-Ladysmith spoke before a packed ballroom at the Coast Bastion Hotel on Wednesday, April 23, in an event sponsored by the Nanaimo and Ladysmith Chambers of Commerce. Answering a pre-submitted question on what the f…