The city’s six mayoral candidates drew a standing-room-only crowd on Wednesday.
The six candidates seeking the city’s top job answered questions put forward by the public on Wednesday night.
“We have one of the highest numbers of people who are dying on our streets from the poison drug supply. Businesses are also scared and hurting, as are our residents,” she said. “We need housing first.” Stewart said if elected, he would work with mayors across the province to lobby the province for more treatment facilities for drug addictions and mental health issues, and increase RCMP patrols day and night.
Wood also advocated for additional outreach workers and gathering information to help quantify the number of people who are homeless in the city.Yu said housing is the solution, and with his background as an engineer he’s the person to get housing projects built successfully.He’d also work with other levels of government and promote youth programs to engage young people in healthy, positive lifestyles and avoid falling into addiction.
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