Please join us on the evening of April 14th from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the Gellert Community Centre – Kinsmen Hall in Georgetown for the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce’s All-Candidates Town Hall. This event offers you the chance to engage directly with the candidates.
Event Details:
Date: April 14th, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Gellert Community Centre – Kinsmen Hall
Address: 10241 8th Line, Georgetown, ON L7G 0K8
Format: The evening will commence with presentations from each candidate, giving you insight into their vision and policies for Milton East-Halton Hills South. Following the presentations, there will be an opportunity to meet and network with the candidates.
Candidates:
Confirmed candidates will be updated here
Kristina Tesser Derksen, Liberal Party of Canada
Muhammad Riaz Sahi, New Democratic Party of Canada
Parm Gill, Conservative Party of Canada
Walter Hoffman, Peoples Party of Canada
Additional Information:
No registration is required; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
There will be no questions from the floor during the event, questions from the Chamber will be presented ahead of time.
All-Candidates Meeting – Code of Conduct
To ensure a respectful and productive conversation this evening, we ask all attendees to follow this simple code of conduct:
Respect all speakers and fellow attendees – even if you disagree.
No shouting, heckling, or interrupting.
Applause is welcome, but please keep it brief to allow for all voices to be heard.
No signs, banners, or disruptive materials.
Keep phones on silent and step outside for calls or conversations.
We reserve the right to ask anyone who disrupts the event to leave.
At the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce, we strive to ensure our events present a balanced perspective by featuring representatives from parties that have a broader presence in the current political landscape. To participate, candidates must meet at least one of the following criteria:
a) Represent a registered party that had at least one member elected, under that party’s banner, in the previous election or a by-election since.
b) Represent a registered party that is polling province-wide at a minimum of 4%.
c) Represent a registered party running candidates in at least 50% of the ridings
These criteria are guided in part by the standards set in 2021 by Canada’s Commission on Leaders’ Debates, which aims to create fair and balanced engagements in such forums.