A local non-profit group combined politics and pancakes early Sunday morning to educate families about municipal politics and vice versa.
Candidates running in the Oct. 20 municipal election mingled with voters over coffee and breakfast favourites at Saanich Neighbourhood Place for a just six days from the election.
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Holding coffee cups and carrying plates filled with food, candidates broke bread with each other and voters in the offices of the non-profit organization that serves as a resource and support service for local families.
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| Saanich mayoral candidates clash over leadership Colleen Hobson, executive director of Saanich Neighbourhood Place, said the event had two purposes. B次元官网网址淥ne, we want candidates to be more informed about what is going with young families,B次元官网网址� Hobson said. B次元官网网址淭he other thing is we want young families to understand the importance of municipal in their everyday lives.B次元官网网址� So why did Neighbourhood Place simply not follow a more traditional format? Hobson said it had to be informal. B次元官网网址淵ou have to bring them [families] food to get them into the door,B次元官网网址� she said, adding some candidates were really looking forward to meeting voters in a more informal setting. RELATED: This setting is precisely what appealed to Sophie Verrier, one of more than 200 would-be voters, who came with her husband and two children, and said did so because she wanted to meet candidates in person. B次元官网网址淚 have young kids, and they are making important decisions for us on our behalf,B次元官网网址� she said, adding she has been trying to follow the election campaign as best as she can through traditional and social media. B次元官网网址淏ut we want to meet them directly as well,B次元官网网址� she said, of the candidates. B次元官网网址淵ou can get a better sense what kind of person they are, how much commitment they will be putting towards this.B次元官网网址� In fact, SundayB次元官网网址檚 event was the first all-candidates event that she has been able to attend in person.
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