Voters in the Timmins riding will see the names of five candidates on their ballots in the Feb. 27 provincial election.
At this time, CTV News has only been granted an interview with one of the candidates: Corey Lepage, representing the New Democrat Party. Lepage, a francophone, is new to politics but not to the world of economics.
Lepage has a degree in business administration and works as a financial adviser.
He said, if elected, the NDP would call on grocers to be more transparent with pricing practices.
“So, when they raise prices more than two per cent within the same week, we’re going to make sure that they make it clear on our shelves that they’ve been increasing the prices so that people of Ontario see the prices going up when they are, so it’s not blindsided,” said Lepage.
He also said the NDP would bring back rent control.
“In terms of housing, we’re going to bring back rent control, which was taken down by the current Ford government so that people can finally afford to pay rent again and that the prices aren’t going up on a yearly basis, because that’s just that’s not affordable,” said Lepage.
The incumbent in the riding is George Pirie, the candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was elected in 2022 and has served as the Minister of Mines.
Despite numerous attempts for an interview with Pirie, CTV News has yet to receive a response. We also reached out to the Timmins Provincial Liberal Association and the Liberal Party of Ontario to speak with Liberal candidate Dominic Casto, with no response.
Green Party candidate Marie-Josee Yelle was unavailable.
The Timmins election ballot is rounded out with David Farrell, representing the New Blue Party.
