{"id":120474,"date":"2022-10-07T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=120474"},"modified":"2022-10-07T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:42:09","slug":"pec-mayor-candidates-questioned-and-queried-at-town-hall-debate-at-the-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/pec-mayor-candidates-questioned-and-queried-at-town-hall-debate-at-the-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"PEC Mayor candidates questioned and queried at town hall debate at The Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Edward County mayoral candidates responded to local citizen questions at a Town Hall style debate on Oct. 5. The event was sponsored by PEC Chamber of Commerce and the Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Mayoral candidates Dianne O\u2019Brien, Steve Ferguson, Terry Shortt and Kyle Douglas Mayne were asked audience questions ranging in topics from climate change\/environmental issues, affordable housing, healthcare professional attraction and retention, the state of municipal finances, and sustainable future economy in the County.<\/p>\n<p>These are their responses:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Climate Change\/Environment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-CC-Env-Question.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-CC-Env-Question.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-CC-Env-Question.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Affordable Housing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Affordable-Housing-Question.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Affordable-Housing-Question.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Affordable-Housing-Question.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Healthcare Professional Attraction and Retention<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Healthcare-Professionals-Question.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Healthcare-Professionals-Question.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Healthcare-Professionals-Question.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Municipal Debt\/Finances<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Municipal-Debt-Finances-Question.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Municipal-Debt-Finances-Question.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Municipal-Debt-Finances-Question.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sustainable Future Economy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Sustainable-Economy-Question.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Sustainable-Economy-Question.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Mayor-Debate-Sustainable-Economy-Question.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When asked about their opinion in regard to what a county voter looks for in a strong mayoral candidate, the four had the following to say:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-120474-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Strong-Leader-Voicer.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Strong-Leader-Voicer.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PEC-Strong-Leader-Voicer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Edward County mayoral candidates responded to local citizen questions at a Town Hall style debate on Oct. 5. The event was sponsored by PEC Chamber of Commerce and the Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture. Mayoral candidates Dianne O\u2019Brien, Steve Ferguson, Terry Shortt and Kyle Douglas Mayne were asked audience questions ranging in topics from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":120494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,225],"tags":[19476,13128,579,18223,17933,1201,19398,11727,19477,19478,1604,4665,14241,16733,19479],"radio":[13055],"origine":[267,269,13050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120650,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120474\/revisions\/120650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120474"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=120474"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=120474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}