Re: “Housing, transit dominate city issues in federal election,” Oct. 5.
The article discusses an all-candidates panel moderated Mayor Gregor Robertson and mentions that Kennedy Stewart, an SFU politics professor, said, “It’s too bad the Conservatives aren’t here. Maybe that’s why they don’t elect anybody in cities.”
Today, I attended a wonderful debate hosted by the Dunbar Residents’ Association including the local conservative candidate, Blair Lockhart, an intelligent and thoughtful woman.
The Dunbar debate was impartially and professionally moderated by Robin Elliot, professor of Constitutional Law at UBC.
Kennedy Stewart, being a politics professor, must appreciate that a panel moderated by the mayor, an elected politician, is, by definition, biased.
Kudos to the Dunbar Residents’ Association for running an unbiased and informative all-candidates debate.
Bob Seeman,
Vancouver
