Election panel: Kitchener Centre candidates talk transit, opioid crisis and social housing

Transit, health care and social housing were the top issues discussed by three candidates for the riding of Kitchener Centre during a provincial election panel on The Morning Edition on Monday.

The panel includedNDP candidate Laura Mae Lindo, Liberal candidate Daiene Vernile and Green candidate Stacy Danckert.

Progressive Conservative candidate Mary Henein Thorn declined to take part in the panel.

Listen to the full panel:

As of Monday at noon, Elections Ontario lists five candidates for the riding. The fifth is Chris Carr of the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party.The deadline for candidate nominations is May 17 at 2 p.m.

All week at 8:10 a.m.,The Morning Editionfeatures an interview panel with local candidates from the five K-Wridings:

• Tuesday: Waterloo.
• Wednesday: Kitchener-Conestoga.
• Thursday: Kitchener South-Hespeler.
• Friday: Cambridge.

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